"And now you had better go home."
"May I not see you again?" he asked.
"I think it＇s better not. You＇ll be sure to talk of this,and you see it leads to nothing."
"I promise you not to say a word that will annoy you."
Isabel reflected and then answered: "I return in a day or two to my uncle＇s, and I can＇t propose to you to come there. It would be too inconsistent."
Caspar Goodwood, on his side, considered. "You must do me justice too. I received an invitation to your uncle＇s more than a week ago, and I declined it."