"Natural people are not the most trouble."
"No," said Ralph; "you yourself are a proof of that. You＇re extremely natural, and I＇m sure you have never troubled any one. It takes trouble to do that. But tell me this; it just occurs to me. Is Isabel capable of making herself disagreeable?"
"Ah," cried his mother, "you ask too many questions! Find that out for yourself."
His questions, however, were not exhausted. "All this time," he said, "you＇ve not told me what you intend to do with her."