Don't you think her looking very tired?
I have come to know her much better these last few weeks, and it seems absurd; but I get anxious about her.

Of course, she is an enormous success, but I fancy the theatrical part of it has not been quite so great as it was at first.' 'So I hear, too,' said Kendal; 'the theatre is quite as full, but the temper of the audience a good deal flatter.' 'Yes,' said Mrs.Stuart; 'and then there is that curious little sister of hers, whom you haven't seen, and who counts for a good deal.

I believe that in reality she is very fond of Isabel, and very proud of her, but she's very jealous of her too, and she takes her revenge upon her sister for her beauty and her celebrity by collecting the hostile things people say about her acting, and pricking them into her every now and then, like so many pins.

At first Isabel was so sure of herself and the public that she took no notice--it seemed to her only what every actress must expect.
But now it is different.

She is not so strong as she was when she came over, nor so happy, I think, and the criticisms tell more.