Isabel replied that she should be delighted to see Miss Osmond and that if Madame Merle would show her the way to the hill-top she should be very grateful.Upon this assurance the visitor took his leave; after which Isabel fully expected her friend would scold her for having been so stupid. But to her surprise that lady,who indeed never fell into the mere matter-of-course,said to her in a few moments,
"You were charming, my dear; you were just as one would have wished you. You＇re never disappointing."