She retired to rest with a sense of good fortune, with a quickened consciousness of possible felicities.

"It's very nice to know two such charming people as those," she said, meaning by "those" her cousin and her cousin's friend.

It must be added moreover that an incident had occurred which might have seemed to put her good-humour to the test.

Mr.Touchett went to bed at half-past nine o'clock, but his wife remained in the drawing-room with the other members of the party.
She prolonged her vigil for something less than an hour, and then, rising, observed to Isabel that it was time they should bid the gentlemen good-night.

Isabel had as yet no desire to go to bed; the occasion wore, to her sense, a festive character, and feasts were not in the habit of terminating so early.