"He would have told me everything I wished to ask him," Isabel said.
"But you didn＇t feel curious?"
"My curiosity would have been idle—once I had determined to decline his offer."
"You didn＇t find it sufficiently attractive?" Mr. Touchett enquired.
She was silent a little. "I suppose it was that," she presently admitted. "But I don＇t know why."
"Fortunately ladies are not obliged to give reasons,"said her uncle. "There＇s a great deal that＇s attractive about such an idea; but I don＇t see why the English should want to entice us away from our native land. I know that we try to attract them over there, but that＇s because our population is insufficient. Here, you know, they＇re rather crowded. However, I presume there＇s room for charming young ladies everywhere."