[The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James]@TWC D-Link bookThe Portrait of a Lady CHAPTER XIII 6/35
I suppose one of the reasons I liked it was that it was all about you; that is all except the part that was about himself.
I suppose he told you all that." "He would have told me everything I wished to ask him," Isabel said. "But you didn't feel curious ?" "My curiosity would have been idle--once I had determined to decline his offer." "You didn't find it sufficiently attractive ?" Mr.Touchett enquired. She was silent a little.
"I suppose it was that," she presently admitted.
"But I don't know why." "Fortunately ladies are not obliged to give reasons," said her uncle. "There's a great deal that's attractive about such an idea; but I don't see why the English should want to entice us away from our native land. I know that we try to attract them over there, but that's because our population is insufficient.
Here, you know, they're rather crowded. However, I presume there's room for charming young ladies everywhere." "There seems to have been room here for you," said Isabel, whose eyes had been wandering over the large pleasure-spaces of the park. Mr.Touchett gave a shrewd, conscious smile.
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