"I should like to see her going before the breeze!" Ralph answered.
"You speak as if it were for your mere amusement."
"So it is, a good deal."
"Well, I don＇t think I understand," said Mr. Touchett with a sigh. "Young men are very different from what I was. When I cared for a girl—when I was young—I wanted to do more than look at her."
"You＇ve scruples that I shouldn＇t have had, and you＇ve ideas that I shouldn＇t have had either. You say Isabel wants to be free, and that her being rich will keep her from marrying for money. Do you think that she＇s a girl to do that?"