She paid her bills regularly and never gave anybody any trouble.

She visited the vicarage at stated intervals, and the vicarage graciously returned her visits.

The vicar himself even went to the cottage more often than Mrs.
Ambrose thought strictly necessary, for the vicar was strongly prejudiced in her favour.

But Mrs.Ambrose did not share that prejudice.

Mrs.
Goddard, she said, was too effusive, talked too much about herself and her troubles, did not look thoroughly straightforward, probably had foreign blood.