I am sure you have never considered your own wishes for a minute in your life.

If ever a mother gave up everything for her children, you have done so, Fanny, and you needn't deny it.

But tell me about Gabriella.

How thankful you ought to be that she has given up that work in a store!" "If it had been God's will, I suppose I must have borne it, Lydia, but I felt as if it was killing me." "The dear child has a strong character," observed Mrs.Peyton, and it seemed to her, while she thought of Gabriella, that a strong character was a beautiful and wonderful thing.
"You would hardly know Gabriella, she is so changed," replied Mrs.Carr.
"I declare I sometimes think that I never saw a girl so wildly in love as she is.

She positively worships George, and when I look at her, I remember Becky Bollingbroke's saying that a smart woman in love is worse than a silly one.