It was curious to see how all severity vanished from Mrs.Ambrose's manner so soon as the stranger who aroused it was out of sight and hearing.

She appeared as a formidably stern type of the British matron to the chance visitors who came to the vicarage; but they were no sooner gone than her natural temper was restored and she was kindness and geniality itself.
But Mrs.Goddard was very thoughtful.

She was not pleased at the fact of an addition to the Billingsfield community, and yet she liked the appearance of the squire.

He had declared his intention of calling upon her on the following day, and she would be bound to receive him.

She was young, she had been shut off from the world for two years, and the prospect of Mr.Juxon's acquaintance was in itself not unpleasant; but the idea that he was to be permanently established in the Hall frightened her.