Mrs.Leyburn was too devoted to her daughters to feel any fidgety interest in their marrying.

Of course the most eligible persons would be only too thankful to marry them when the moment came.

Meanwhile her devotion was in no need of the confirming testimony of lovers.

It was sufficient in itself and kept her mind gently occupied from morning till night.

If it had occurred to her to notice that Robert Elsmere had been paying special attention to anyone in the family, she would have suggested with perfect naivete that it was herself.