When this was mentioned, after his departure, they had made him theirs, and the Tinleys had no chance.

Through Tracy, they achieved their introduction to Lady Gosstre.

And now they were to dine with her.
They did not say that this was through Emilia.

In fact, they felt a little that they had this evening been a sort of background to their prodigy: which was not in the design.

Having observed, "She sang deliciously," they dismissed her, and referred to dresses, gaucheries of members of the company, pretensions here and there, Lady Gosstre's walk, the way to shuffle men and women, how to start themes for them to converse upon, and so forth.