"I like your mother very much, because—because—" And Isabel found herself attempting to assign a reason for her affection for Mrs. Touchett.
"Ah, we never know why!" said her companion, laughing.
"I always know why," the girl answered. "It＇s because she doesn＇t expect one to like her. She doesn＇t care whether one does or not."
"So you adore her—out of perversity? Well, I take greatly after my mother," said Ralph.