I have stood passive in the matter, simply because I saw that you took no steps to keep them apart; and you could not but have seen, at an early period of their acquaintance, in what direction matters were tending." "Frankly," Mrs.Conyers said, "I gave the matter no thought, during your first stay with us.

I had regarded Claire as a child, and it did not, at first, occur to me that there could be any danger of her falling seriously in love, for years to come.

When my eyes were opened to the true state of things, and I found my little girl had lost her heart, I could have wished it otherwise.
"I do not mean as to worldly matters," she went on hastily, seeing that Captain Davenant was about to speak.

"That weighed absolutely nothing with me.

Indeed, they may be considered to be well matched in that respect.