"Exaggerated, precisely. That＇s what I complain of.""I do so because Madame Merle＇s merits are exaggerated."
"By whom, pray? By me? If so I do her a poor service."
"No, no; by herself."
"Ah, I protest!" Isabel earnestly cried. "If ever there was a woman who made small claims—!"
"You put your 昀nger on it," Ralph interrupted. "Her modesty＇s exaggerated. She has no business with small claims—she has a perfect right to make large ones."