She insisted that Ruth should accompany Mr.Alwynn.She secretly looked forward to telling Mabel that Ruth was going.

She did not mind being left alone, she said.

She desired, with a sigh of self-sacrifice, that Mr.Alwynn should accept for himself and his niece.

She had not been brought up to consider herself, thank God! She had her faults she knew.

No one was more fully aware of them than herself; but she was not going to prevent others enjoying themselves because she herself was laid aside.
"And now, my dear," she said, with a sudden return to mundane interests that succeeded rather unexpectedly to the celestial spirit of her previous remarks, "you must be thinking about your gowns.