As she was devoted to romantic effects Lord Warburton ventured to express a hope that she would come some day and see his house, a very curious old place.

He extracted from Mrs.Touchett a promise that she would bring her niece to Lockleigh, and Ralph signified his willingness to attend the ladies if his father should be able to spare him.

Lord Warburton assured our heroine that in the mean time his sisters would come and see her.

She knew something about his sisters, having sounded him, during the hours they spent together while he was at Gardencourt, on many points connected with his family.

When Isabel was interested she asked a great many questions, and as her companion was a copious talker she urged him on this occasion by no means in vain.