"She thinks the Awkward Man is lovely--and so he is.

You don't know him, but I do." "Well, you needn't put on such airs about it," sniffed Felicity.
"I am not putting on any airs.

But it's true.

Miss Reade and I are the only people in Carlisle who really know the Awkward Man.

Nobody else ever got behind his shyness to find out just what sort of a man he is." "When are they to be married ?" asked Felicity.
"In a fortnight's time.