All who knew Miriam loved her.

Of the younger children we need not here speak.
Mrs.Darlington knew comparatively nothing of the world beyond her own social circle.

She was, perhaps, as little calculated for doing what she proposed to do as a woman could well be.

She had no habits of economy, and had never in her life been called upon to make calculations of expense in household matters.

There was a tendency to generosity rather than selfishness in her character, and she rarely thought evil of any one.