When Alice Turner said that, Lily Turner really thought Alice was preparing to elope with Thomas Fisher. She didn't know what was going on; the idea suddenly popped into her head.
"What elopement? Do you think I'm a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl?" In Alice's mind, elopement was a very childish and impulsive act. She was already twenty-seven years old, far past the age of being impulsive and childish. She couldn't be so reckless, nor could she act without considering the consequences.
Lily Turner shook her head, disagreeing with her sister's statement, "Running away together isn't just for little girls, I..."
