"That will be cruel—to you," said Isabel.
"You needn＇t mind me. You won＇t discover a fault in her."
"Perhaps not. But I dare say I shan＇t miss it."
"She knows absolutely everything on earth there is to know," said Mrs. Touchett.
Isabel after this observed to their companion that she hoped she knew Mrs. Touchett considered she hadn＇t a speck on her perfection. On which "I＇m obliged to you," Madame Merle replied, "but I＇m afraid your aunt imagines, or at least alludes to, no aberrations that the clock-face doesn＇t register."
