Nevertheless she did not quite like the idea of her husband's pupil having got into Parliament.

If her husband and Phineas Finn were dining anywhere together, Phineas, who had come to them quite a boy, would walk out of the room before her husband.

This could hardly be right! Nevertheless she helped Phineas to the nicest bit of fish she could find, and had he been ill, would have nursed him with the greatest care.
After dinner, when Mrs.Low had gone up-stairs, there came the great discussion between the tutor and the pupil, for the sake of which this little dinner had been given.

When Phineas had last been with Mr.Low,--on the occasion of his showing himself at his tutor's chambers after his return from Ireland,--he had not made up his mind so thoroughly on certain points as he had done since he had seen Lady Laura.

The discussion could hardly be of any avail now,--but it could not be avoided.
"Well, Phineas, and what do you mean to do ?" said Mr.Low.