She had made a hero of Pamela's "Biddy," but now that she was to see him she shrank from the meeting.

Suppose he were a supercilious sort of person who would be bored with the little town and the people in it.

And the fact that he had a title complicated matters, Jean thought.

She could not imagine herself talking naturally to Lord Bidborough.

Besides, she thought, she didn't know in the least how to talk to men; she so seldom met any.
"I expect," she broke out after a silence, "your brother will take you away ?" "For Christmas, I think," said Pamela, "but I shall come back again.