"Didn＇t you say his own share had been cut down?"
"Only at his wish. I know that he urged his father to do something for the people in America. He＇s not in the least addicted to looking after number one."
"It depends upon whom he regards as number one!"said Madame Merle. And she remained thoughtful a moment, her eyes bent on the 昀oor.
"Am I not to see your happy niece?" she asked at last as she raised them.
"You may see her; but you＇ll not be struck with her being happy. She has looked as solemn, these three days, as a Cimabue Madonna!" And Mrs. Touchett rang for a servant.