lavinia was same level of kind and considerate as what sybil gets credit for, if not slightly more. she was ready to still marry matthew even when he was paralysed, even when it seemed he couldnt give her children. she saw matthew and mary at his hospital bed, around that grammaphone and she didn't make a scene or blast them both to the family, she realised 'oh he still loves her' but could acknowledge matthew was trying to do right by her in every other way too so she played along trying to find the right time
that woman lay in her death bed, telling her fiancé "isn't this better?" referring to her imminent death by sudden illness because she knew he didn't really love her even if she loved and accepted him. he loved mary instead WHO BY THE WAY is the eldest daughter of the man who's house she's actively dying in. lavinia could've been bitter, she could've been harsh, but she wasnt, she just said "isn't this better?" like her death was the blessing they all needed. she said it sadly but she said it knowingly and without a hint of selfishness. not even in a self depreciative way, she fully meant it like "I'm glad at least you can love mary freely now" knowing if there was one good thing about her untimely death it was that the man she loved would love again and get to love properly.
lavinia swire you will always be famous to me