"Need I go, dear aunt? I＇ll come up in half an hour.""It＇s impossible I should wait for you," Mrs. Touchett answered.
"Ah, you needn＇t wait! Ralph will light my candle," Isabel gaily engaged.
"I＇ll light your candle; do let me light your candle, Miss Archer!" Lord Warburton exclaimed. "Only I beg it shall not be before midnight."
Mrs. Touchett 昀xed her bright little eyes upon him a moment and transferred them coldly to her niece."You can＇t stay alone with the gentlemen. You＇re not—you＇re not at your blest Albany, my dear."