Lady Laura seemed to have perfect power of doing what she pleased.

She was much more mistress of herself than if she had been the wife instead of the daughter of the Earl of Brentford,--and she seemed to be quite as much mistress of the house.
Phineas had declared at Killaloe that Lady Laura was six feet high, that she had red hair, that her figure was straggling, and that her hands and feet were large.

She was in fact about five feet seven in height, and she carried her height well.

There was something of nobility in her gait, and she seemed thus to be taller than her inches.

Her hair was in truth red,--of a deep thorough redness.