"Need I go, dear aunt? I'll come up in half an hour.""It's impossible I should wait for you," Mrs. Touchett answered.
"Ah, you needn't wait! Ralph will light my candle," Isabel gaily engaged.
"I'll light your candle; do let me light your candle, Miss Archer!" Lord Warburton exclaimed. "Only I beg it shall not be before midnight."
Mrs. Touchett 昀xed her bright little eyes upon him a moment and transferred them coldly to her niece."You can't stay alone with the gentlemen. You're not—you're not at your blest Albany, my dear."