"It makes one want to be touched, Miss Archer," Lord Warburton declared.
"Be touched in the right sense and you＇ll never look the worse for it," said Isabel, who, if it pleased her to hear it said that her accomplishments were numerous,was happily able to reflect that such complacency was not the indication of a feeble mind, inasmuch as there were several things in which she excelled. Her desire to think well of herself had at least the element of humility that it always needed to be supported by proof.