"
"It's not for that I say it."
"What then do you say it for? Not to prove that poor Warburton's
state of mind's superficial, because I'm pretty sure you don't think
that."
Isabel certainly was unable to say she thought it but presently
she said something else. "If you've not been requested by Lord
Warburton to argue with me, then you're doing it disinterestedly- or
for the love of argument."
"I've no wish to argue with you at all. I only wish to leave you
alone. I'm simply greatly interested in your own sentiments."
"I'm greatly obliged to you!" cried Isabel with a slightly nervous
laugh.
"Of course you mean that I'm meddling in what doesn't concern me.
But why shouldn't I speak to you of this matter without annoying you
or embarrassing myself? What's the use of being your cousin if I can't
have a few privileges? What's the use of adoring you without hope of a
reward if I can't have a few compensations? What's the use of being
ill and disabled and restricted to mere spectatorship at the game of
life if I really can't see the show when I've paid so much for my
ticket? Tell me this," Ralph went on while she listened to him with
quickened attention.
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