I call that nice and friendly, asking you without ceremony.

What time shall you be ready, Ursula?
for of course I shall not let you go alone the first time.' I was glad to hear this, for, though I was not a shy person, my first visit to Gladwyn would be a little formidable; so I told him briefly that I would be ready by half-past six, as they wished me to go early, and it would never do to be formal on my side.

And then I gave him an account of Lady Betty's visit, but it did not seem to interest him much: in fact, I do not believe that he listened very attentively.
'She is an odd little being,' he said, rather absently, 'and prides herself on being as unconventional as possible.

They have spoiled her among them, Hamilton especially, but her droll ways amuse him.

She has sulked with me lately because I will not give in to her absurd fad about Lady Betty.