"
"Would he be an agreeable member of our little circle?"
"I don't think he'd care much about our little circle. He'd
concentrate on Isabel."
"And how would my cousin like that?"
"Very possibly not at all. But it will be good for her. It will call
back her thoughts."
"Call them back- from where?"
"From foreign parts and other unnatural places. Three months ago she
gave Mr. Goodwood every reason to suppose he was acceptable to her,
and it's not worthy of Isabel to go back on a real friend simply
because she has changed the scene. I've changed the scene too, and the
effect of it has been to make me care more for my old associations
than ever. It's my belief that the sooner Isabel changes it back again
the better. I know her well enough to know that she would never be
truly happy over here, and I wish her to form some strong American tie
that will act as a preservative."
"Aren't you perhaps a little too much in a hurry?" Ralph enquired.
"Don't you think you ought to give her more of a chance in poor old
England?"
"A chance to ruin her bright young life? One's never too much in a
hurry to save a precious human creature from drowning.
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