"She could lure the butterflies in the garden to her," which reminds us of Browning's whistling for lizards at Asolo.

A fierce bull-dog intractable to all others, to her was docile and obedient.

In her domestic ways she was gentle yet energetic.

Her piety was deep and pure.

Her husband had been in his earlier years a member of the Anglican communion; she was brought up in the Scottish kirk.