The girl was evidently nervous, and Mr.Rosedale, if he saw no other means of advancing his acquaintance with her, was not above taking advantage of her nervousness.
He left Lily to a passion of disgust and fear.

It seemed incredible that Gus Trenor should have spoken of her to Rosedale.

With all his faults, Trenor had the safeguard of his traditions, and was the less likely to overstep them because they were so purely instinctive.

But Lily recalled with a pang that there were convivial moments when, as Judy had confided to her, Gus "talked foolishly": in one of these, no doubt, the fatal word had slipped from him.

As for Rosedale, she did not, after the first shock, greatly care what conclusions he had drawn.