But--well, everybody wouldn't realize this, as yet.

And it must be admitted that those mere foppish, inane nothings did produce a seeming of difference.

Indeed, it must even be admitted that the way Margaret had been brought up would make it hard for her, with her sensitive, delicate nerves, to bear with him if she really knew him.

A hot wave passed over his body at the thought.

"How ashamed I'd be to have her see my wardrobe.