"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.
"I hope it won＇t ruin you; but it will certainly con昀rm your dangerous tendencies."