But
after that she'd come to her senses, remember she has still a lifetime
before her, and live within her means."
"Well, you have worked it out," said the old man helplessly. "You do
take an interest in her, certainly."
"You can't consistently say I go too far. You wished me to go
further."
"Well, I don't know," Mr. Touchett answered. "I don't think I
enter into your spirit. It seems to me immoral."
"Immoral, dear daddy?"
"Well, I don't know that it's right to make everything so easy for a
person."
"It surely depends upon the person. When the person's good, your
making things easy is all to the credit of virtue. To facilitate the
execution of good impulses, what can be a nobler act?"
This was a little difficult to follow, and Mr. Touchett considered
it for a while. At last he said: "Isabel's a sweet young thing; but do
you think she's so good as that?"
"She's as good as her best opportunities," Ralph returned.
"Well," Mr. Touchett declared, "she ought to get a great many
opportunities for sixty thousand pounds."
"I've no doubt she will."
"Of course I'll do what you want," said the old man. "I only want to
understand it a little.
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