On the contrary, he seemed to make a point of showing indifference.

It seemed to me myself that he, seeing somebody wishing to make much of him, took what he considered a safe opportunity of restoring to himself his own good opinion, which must have been considerably lowered in the episode of the Wine Master's wife.
The Voivodin, thinking, doubtless, Your Honour, to add a fresh lustre to her welcome, had donned the costume which all her nation has now come to love and to accept as a dress of ceremonial honour.

She wore her shroud.

It moved the hearts of all of us who looked on to see it, and we appreciated its being worn for such a cause.

But Mr.
Melton did not seem to care.