"Well, dear daddy, don＇t you understand it now?" his son caressingly asked. "If you don＇t we won＇t take any more trouble about it. We＇ll leave it alone."
Mr. Touchett lay a long time still. Ralph supposed he had given up the attempt to follow. But at last, quite lucidly, he began again. "Tell me this 昀rst. Doesn＇t it occur to you that a young lady with sixty thousand pounds may fall a victim to the fortune-hunters?"
"She＇ll hardly fall a victim to more than one."
