And indeed the ladies of the Finn household had all been ill at ease on this head.
They could not imagine why Phineas had restrained himself with so much philosophy.

But Miss Flood Jones in discussing the matter with the Miss Finns had never expressed the slightest doubt of his capacity or his judgment.

And when tidings came,--the tidings came in a letter from Phineas to his father,--that he did not intend to speak that session, because speeches from a young member on his first session were thought to be inexpedient, Miss Flood Jones and the Miss Finns were quite willing to accept the wisdom of this decision, much as they might regret the effect of it.

Mary, when she met her hero, hardly dared to look him in the face, but she remembered accurately all the circumstances of her last interview with him.

Could it be that he wore that ringlet near his heart?
Mary had received from Barbara Finn certain hairs supposed to have come from the head of Phineas, and these she always wore near her own.