He piqued her.
'How long are you staying ?' she asked him.
'A day or two,' he replied.

'But there is no particular hurry.' Still she stared into his face with that slow, full gaze which was so curious and so exciting to him.

He was acutely and delightfully conscious of himself, of his own attractiveness.

He felt full of strength, able to give off a sort of electric power.

And he was aware of her dark, hot-looking eyes upon him.