It was all very sad to Lady Carbury. She perceived now that she had driven her daughter to pronounce an absolution of Paul Montague's sins, and that in this way she had lessened and loosened the barrier which she had striven to construct between them. But that which pained her most was the unrealistic, romantic view of life which pervaded all Hetta's thoughts. How was any girl to live in this world who could not be taught the folly of such idle dreams?

It was all very sad to Lady Carbury. What pained her most was the unrealistic, romantic view of life which pervaded Hetta's thoughts - the folly of her idle dreams.
