"I＇m not so heartless as you think. Every now and then something touches me—as for instance your saying just now that your ambitions are for me. I don＇t understand it; I don＇t see how or why they should be. But it touches me, all the same."
"You＇ll probably understand it even less as time goes on. There are some things you＇ll never understand. There＇s no particular need you should."
"You, after all, are the most remarkable of women,"said Osmond. "You have more in you than almost any one. I don＇t see why you think Mrs. Touchett＇s niece should matter very much to me, when—when—" But he paused a moment.