When you're successful you naturally feel more at home."
"Do you suppose that if I'm successful I shall feel at home?" Isabel
asked.
"I should think it very probable, and you certainly will be
successful. They like American young ladies very much over here;
they show them a great deal of kindness. But you mustn't feel too much
at home, you know."
"Oh, I'm by no means sure it will satisfy me," Isabel judicially
emphasized. "I like the place very much, but I'm not sure I shall like
the people."
"The people are very good people; especially if you like them."
"I've no doubt they're good," Isabel rejoined; "but are they
pleasant in society? They won't rob me nor beat me; but will they make
themselves agreeable to me? That's what I like people to do. I don't
hesitate to say so, because I always appreciate it. I don't believe
they're very nice to girls; they're not nice to them in the novels."
"I don't know about the novels," said Mr. Touchett. "I believe the
novels have a great deal of ability, but I don't suppose they're
very accurate. We once had a lady who wrote novels staying here; she
was a friend of Ralph's and he asked her down.
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