On the whole, she had a much better impression of him this time than she had retained after the former meeting, when he had seemed so utterly helpless and shy in her presence.

But when both men rose to go away she could not help comparing them again.
Even then, it seemed to her that the comparison was less unfavourable to Gianluca than she had expected that it must be.

He was tall and well-proportioned, and in spite of the slight difficulty in walking, which she had to-day noticed for the first time, he was graceful and of easy carriage.

His extreme languor in moving was, perhaps, what displeased her the most.

When he had entered the room, she had been annoyed at his coming; but now she was rather sorry, than otherwise, that he was going away so soon.