They looked haughty and nervous.

Such of them as had tried to shave in the train were boasting of it and holding handkerchiefs to their chins.

The ladies were moving about in a masterful way, carrying bunches of keys.
When they had done everything, the men went and stood by their sides again.
Outside the station buses and carriages were innumerable, and everybody was shouting; but Grizel saw that nearly all her fellow-passengers were hurrying by foot or conveyance to one spot, all desirous of being there first, and she thought it must be the place where the diligence started from, and pressed on with them.

It proved to be a hotel where they all wanted the best bedroom, and many of them had telegraphed for it, and they gathered round a man in uniform and demanded that room of him; but he treated them as if they were little dogs and he was not the platter, and soon they were begging for a room on the fourth floor at the back, and swelling with triumph if they got it.

The scrimmage was still going on when Grizel slipped out of the hotel, having learned that the diligence would not start until the following morning.