"If Mr. Touchett had consulted me about leaving you the money," she frankly asserted, "I＇d have said to him＇Never!"
"I see," Isabel had answered. "You think it will prove a curse in disguise. Perhaps it will."
"Leave it to some one you care less for—that＇s what I should have said."
"To yourself for instance?" Isabel suggested jocosely.And then, "Do you really believe it will ruin me?" she asked in quite another tone.
