Then suddenly she remembered how she had talked to Her.
How would she be treated?
But she remembered that Ida could not have said anything against her to her father, or, if she had done so, it had made no difference to him.

She considered Ida's character, and it seemed to her quite probable that she would make no further reference to the subject.

Ida was averse even to pursuing enmities, because of the inconvenience which they might cause her.

It was infinitely less trouble to allow birds which had pecked at her to fly away than to pursue them; then, too, she always remained unshaken in her belief in herself.

Maria's tirade would not in the least have disturbed her self-love, and it is only a wound in self-love which can affect some people.