To her astonishment he took it quite composedly, saying neither yes nor no, and displaying no feeling at all.

He saw not the least objection to having Okoya visit her house as often as he might please; in fact, he treated the matter with great indifference.

This was a decided relief to her, and she anxiously waited for Okoya's first visit to impress him most favourably regarding not merely herself but her husband.
Tyope indeed did not attach the slightest importance to Okoya personally.

The youth had no value for him at present; he did not dislike him; he did not notice him at all.

The boy was as unobjectionable to him as any one else whom he did not need for his purposes.