Perhaps she took herself so very seriously that the mere suspicion of banter in his talk had moved her to grave resentment.

Or again, she might be half ashamed to meet him after confessing her disagreement with Miss Barfoot; on recovery from ill-temper (unmistakable ill-temper it was), she had seen her behaviour in an embarrassing light.

Between these various conjectures he wavered whilst talking with Mary.

But he did not so much as mention Miss Nunn's name.
Some ten days went by, and he paid a call at the hour sanctioned by society, five in the afternoon; it being Saturday.

One of his reasons for coming at this time was the hope that he might meet other callers, for he felt curious to see what sort of people visited the house.