"I am so glad to hear that your heart is open to me, and that all your inclinations take my part." Isabel instantly protested against this misrepresentation of what she had really said, "Oh, Mr.Hardyman, you quite mistake me!" He answered her very much as he had answered Lady Lydiard, when she had tried to make him understand his proper relations towards Isabel.
"No, no; I don't mistake you.

I agree to every word you say.

How can I expect you to marry me, as you very properly remark, unless I give you a day or two to make up your mind?
It's quite enough for me that you like the prospect.

If Lady Lydiard treated you as her daughter, why shouldn't you be my wife?
It stands to reason that you're quite right to marry a man who can raise you in the world.

I like you to be ambitious--though Heaven knows it isn't much I can do for you, except to love you with all my heart.