I think she thanked God for that most of all.
And then she caught sight of her face--oh, oh! Her first practical act as an engaged woman was to wash her face.
Engaged! But was she?
Grizel laughed.

It is not usually a laughing matter, but she could not help that.

Consider her predicament.

She could be engaged at once, if she liked, even before she wiped the water from her face, or she might postpone it, to let Tommy share.

The careful reader will have noticed that this problem presented itself to her at an awkward moment.