Otherwise the very Chinamen ignored her existence.
She had interrupted Davidson in his reflections.

Being alone with her, her silence and open-eyed immobility made him uncomfortable.

He was easily sorry for people.

It seemed rude not to take any notice of her.
He said, in allusion to the poster: "Are you having these people in the house ?" She was so unused to being addressed by customers that at the sound of his voice she jumped in her seat.

Davidson was telling us afterwards that she jumped exactly like a figure made of wood, without losing her rigid immobility.