Above everything she did not wish to go any further in revealing Eileen to John Gilman.

If he knew what he knew and if he felt satisfied, after what he had seen, with any explanation that Eileen could trump up to offer, Linda had no desire to carry the matter further.

She had been ashamed of what she already had done.

She had felt angry and dissatisfied with herself, so she stood before them downcast and silent.
"And it certainly was a great joke on both of us," said John jovially, "what we thought about that box of cigarettes, you know.

They were a prize given by a bridge club at an 'Ambassador' benefit for the Good Samaritan Hospital.