Such human beings, Mrs.Colwood reflected, are not generally made for happiness.

But there were also in Diana signs both of practical ability and of a rare common-sense.

Would this last avail to protect her from her enthusiasms?
Mrs.Colwood remembered a famous Frenchwoman of whom it was said: "Her _judgment_ is infallible--her _conduct_ one long mistake!" The little companion was already sufficiently attached to Miss Mallory to hope that in this case a natural tact and balance might not be thrown away.
As to suitors and falling in love, the natural accompaniments of such a charming youth, Mrs.Colwood came across no traces of anything of the sort.

During her journey with her father to India, Japan, and America, Miss Mallory had indeed for the first time seen something of society.
But in the villa beside the Mediterranean it was evident that her life with her father had been one of complete seclusion.

She and he had lived for each other.