"Very highly indeed," said Isabel. "But at the cost of seeming both tasteless and ungrateful, I don＇t think I can marry Lord Warburton."
"Well," her uncle went on, "of course an old man can＇t judge for a young lady. I＇m glad you didn＇t ask me before you made up your mind. I suppose I ought to tell you," he added slowly, but as if it were not of much consequence, "that I＇ve known all about it these three days."
"About Lord Warburton＇s state of mind?"