It was daylight still, and she should meet no one; or if she did, the people were quiet and harmless she was well assured.

In fact, she would not hear of any one's putting himself out of the way to accompany her, though Fergus vouchsafed to offer his services in case they should be more acceptable than mine, and my mother begged she might send one of the farming-men to escort her.
When she was gone the rest was all a blank or worse.

Lawrence attempted to draw me into conversation, but I snubbed him and went to another part of the room.

Shortly after the party broke up and he himself took leave.
When he came to me I was blind to his extended hand, and deaf to his good-night till he repeated it a second time; and then, to get rid of him, I muttered an inarticulate reply, accompanied by a sulky nod.
'What is the matter, Markham ?' whispered he.
I replied by a wrathful and contemptuous stare.
'Are you angry because Mrs.Graham would not let you go home with her ?' he asked, with a faint smile that nearly exasperated me beyond control.
But, swallowing down all fiercer answers, I merely demanded,--'What business is it of yours ?' 'Why, none,' replied he with provoking quietness; 'only,'-- and he raised his eyes to my face, and spoke with unusual solemnity,--'only let me tell you, Markham, that if you have any designs in that quarter, they will certainly fail; and it grieves me to see you cherishing false hopes, and wasting your strength in useless efforts, for--' 'Hypocrite!' I exclaimed; and he held his breath, and looked very blank, turned white about the gills, and went away without another word.
I had wounded him to the quick; and I was glad of it..