She lived in a small house by herself, in one of the smallest streets of May Fair, and walked about sturdily by herself, and spoke her mind about everything.

She was greatly devoted to her brother Laurence,--so devoted that there was nothing she would not do for him, short of lending him money.
But Phineas when he found himself out in the square thought nothing of Aspasia Fitzgibbon.

He had gone to Lady Laura Standish for sympathy, and she had given it to him in full measure.

She understood him and his aspirations if no one else did so on the face of the earth.

She rejoiced in his triumph, and was not too hard to tell him that she looked forward to his success.