You say you want to put wind in her sails; but aren't you afraid of putting too much ?" "I should like to see her going before the breeze!" Ralph answered.
"You speak as if it were for your mere amusement." "So it is, a good deal." "Well, I don't think I understand," said Mr.Touchett with a sigh.
"Young men are very different from what I was.

When I cared for a girl--when I was young--I wanted to do more than look at her." "You've scruples that I shouldn't have had, and you've ideas that I shouldn't have had either.

You say Isabel wants to be free, and that her being rich will keep her from marrying for money.

Do you think that she's a girl to do that ?" "By no means.

But she has less money than she has ever had before.