For the last month, night and day, he had dreaded Colville's arrival, and now that he was here he was almost glad to see him; almost glad to quit Farlingford.

And his heart was hot with anger against Miriam.
Turner's offer had at all events been worth considering.

Had he been alone when it was made he would certainly have considered it; he would have turned it this way and that.

He would have liked to play with it as a cat plays with a mouse, knowing all the while that he must refuse in the end.

Perhaps Turner had made the offer in Miriam's presence, expecting to find in her a powerful ally.