It would indeed be a great change." "Well, she's very charming," said Isabel.

"And she plays beautifully." "She does everything beautifully.

She's complete." Isabel looked at her cousin a moment.

"You don't like her." "On the contrary, I was once in love with her." "And she didn't care for you, and that's why you don't like her." "How can we have discussed such things?
Monsieur Merle was then living." "Is he dead now ?" "So she says." "Don't you believe her ?" "Yes, because the statement agrees with the probabilities.

The husband of Madame Merle would be likely to pass away." Isabel gazed at her cousin again.