"Do you mind telling me whether you accepted him ?" he then enquired.
"I've not answered him definitely yet; I've taken a little time to think of it, because that seems more respectful.

But I shall not accept him." Mr.Touchett made no comment upon this; he had the air of thinking that, whatever interest he might take in the matter from the point of view of sociability, he had no active voice in it.

"Well, I told you you'd be a success over here.

Americans are highly appreciated." "Very highly indeed," said Isabel.

"But at the cost of seeming both tasteless and ungrateful, I don't think I can marry Lord Warburton." "Well," her uncle went on, "of course an old man can't judge for a young lady.