Nothing would shut up J.Quincy Plume.
Keith always treated Terpsichore with all the politeness he would have shown to any lady.

He knew that she was now his friend, and he had conceived a sincere liking for her.

She was shy and very quiet when a passenger on his stage, ready to do anything he asked, obedient to any suggestion he gave her.
It happened that, the night Wickersham chose for his trip to Gumbolt, Keith had relieved old Gilsey, and he found her at the Eden end of the route among his passengers.

She had just arrived from Gumbolt by another vehicle and was now going straight back.

As Keith came around, the young woman was evidently preparing to take the box-seat.