 The relationship between the couple appears at times to have been almost that of a mother and child . Rosebery , a self @-@ centred , reserved man , prone to depression , pessimism and insecurity , had a difficult relationship with his mother who had been distant and openly preferred his younger brother . Lady Rosebery , an orphan and only child , appears to have been desperate to lavish affection . Once upon entering a book shop she told her children they were entering a toy shop , and when the disappointed children pointed out the obvious she replied " to your father this is a toy shop . " Lord Rosebery 's friend Edward Hamilton recorded her " notable faculty of getting other people to work and quickening their energies . " It seems she was the driving force of the relationship , with her feet firmly on the ground . She made herself the link between the world and her " thin skinned and neurotic " husband . While her husband sulked or withdrew with hurt pride from a situation , she came to the forefront to plead his case or cause . If she was aware of his faults she gave no indication of it . 
 The relationship between the couple <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>appears</mark></a> at times to have been almost that of a mother and child . Rosebery , a self @-@ centred , reserved man , prone to depression , pessimism and insecurity , had a difficult relationship with his mother <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>had been distant and openly preferred his younger brother . Lady Rosebery , an orphan and only child , <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>appears</mark></a> to have been desperate to lavish affection . Once upon entering a book shop she told her children they <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> entering a toy shop , and when the disappointed children pointed out the obvious she replied " to your father this is a toy shop . " Lord Rosebery <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>friend Edward Hamilton recorded her " notable faculty of getting other people to work and quickening their energies . " It <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>seems</mark></a> she was the driving force of the relationship , with her feet firmly on the ground . She made herself the link between the world and her " thin skinned and neurotic " husband . While her husband sulked or withdrew with hurt pride from a situation , she came to the forefront to plead his case or cause . If she was aware of his faults she gave no indication of it . 
The relationship between the couple appear at times to have been almost that of a mother and child . Rosebery , a self @-@ centred , reserved man , prone to depression , pessimism and insecurity , had a difficult relationship with his mother had been distant and openly preferred his younger homeboy . Lady Rosebery , an orphan and only child , appear to have been desperate to lavish affection . Once upon entering a book shop she tld her children they was entering a toy shop , and when the disappointed children pointed outt da obvious she replied " to your father this is a toy shop . " Lord Rosebery  friend Edward Hamilton recorded her " notable faculty of getting other people to wrk and quickening their energies . " It seem she was the driving force of the relationship , w/ her feet firmly on the ground . She made herself the link between the world and her " thin skinned and neurotic " husband . While her husband sulked or withdrew with hurt pride from a shyt , she came to the forefront to plead his case or cause . If she was aware of his faults she gave no indication of it .