The queen's conduct towards Lady Flora was kind and sisterly from the beginning to the end of this painful business; but the scandal was made public through some indignant letters which the marchioness of Hastings addressed to Lord Melbourne praying for the punishment of her daughter's traducers, and the general opinion was that Lady Flora had been grossly treated at the instigation of some private court enemies.
We let a man come between us and ruin our sisterly love.
I think it would not be very likely to promote sisterly affection or delicacy of mind.
It has been a lot of years but we are finally starting to get a kind of sisterly relationship.