23/28 But the idea grated against her wishes on two sides. She was most anxious that Violet should ultimately become her brother's wife,--and she could not be pleased that Phineas should be able to love any woman. They must not suppose that Lady Laura Kennedy, the lately married bride, indulged a guilty passion for the young man who had loved her. Though she had probably thought often of Phineas Finn since her marriage, her thoughts had never been of a nature to disturb her rest. It had never occurred to her even to think that she regarded him with any feeling that was an offence to her husband. |