She saw the pair, regarded them with a moment's keen attentiveness, and went on, out into the street.
In the first-class carriage which they entered there was no other passenger as far as Barfoot's station.

He could not resist the temptation to use rather an intimate tone, though one that was quite conventional, in the hope that he might discover something of Mrs.
Widdowson's mind.

He began by asking whether she thought it a good Academy this year.

She had not yet visited it, but hoped to do so on Monday.

Did she herself do any kind of artistic work?
Oh, nothing whatever; she was a very useless and idle person.