"The way you take it＇s beautiful," said Osmond. "I ought to be grateful for that."
"Not too much so, however," Madame Merle answered. She talked with her usual smile, leaning back in her chair and looking round the room. "You＇ve made a very good impression, and I＇ve seen for myself that you＇ve received one. You＇ve not come to Mrs. Touchett＇s seven times to oblige me."
"The girl＇s not disagreeable," Osmond quietly conceded.
Madame Merle dropped her eye on him a moment,during which her lips closed with a certain 昀rmness. "Is that all you can find to say about that fine creature?"