She was excessively bewildered and confused, and seemed more than ever to demand a tender handling from her friends.

Before Miss Garland, Rowland was distinctly conscious that he trembled.

He wondered extremely what was going on in her mind; what was her silent commentary on the incidents of the night before.

He wondered all the more, because he immediately perceived that she was greatly changed since their parting, and that the change was by no means for the worse.

She was older, easier, more free, more like a young woman who went sometimes into company.