What degree of alarm this young person took need not be exactly measured; she instantly rose, however,with a blush which was not a refutation. "Oh yes, of course I＇m lovely!" she returned with a quick laugh. "How old is your house? Is it Elizabethan?"
"It＇s early Tudor," said Ralph Touchett.
She turned toward him, watching his face. "Early Tudor? How very delightful! And I suppose there are a great many others."