14/17 She listened for him as he came out of the room, and once so far humbled herself as to affect a cough in his bearing. Mr.Gammon paid no attention. Many were the phrases of abuse softly hurled at him as he passed her door. The worst of it was that none of them seemed really applicable; her vision of the man defeated all such contumely. She had never disliked Mr.Gammon; oddly enough, she seemed to think of him with a more decided friendliness now that his conduct demanded her enmity. |