Portrait of a Lady • Paragraph 909
Stage 1 of 6

Read it through once

“You’re too passive then. You had better stir yourself and be careful. Isabel’s changing every day; she’s drifting away--right out to sea. I’ve watched her and I can see it. She’s not the bright American girl she was. She’s taking different views, a different colour, and turning away from her old ideals. I want to save those ideals, Mr. Touchett, and that’s where you come in.”