Was it the day Mr.Fortescue came?
Yes, I think I remembered it." The three of them stood for a moment awkwardly silent, and then Mary left them in order to see that the great pitcher of coffee was properly handled, for beneath all her education she preserved the anxieties of one who owns china.
Ralph could think of nothing further to say; but could one have stripped off his mask of flesh, one would have seen that his will-power was rigidly set upon a single object--that Miss Hilbery should obey him.
He wished her to stay there until, by some measures not yet apparent to him, he had conquered her interest.

These states of mind transmit themselves very often without the use of language, and it was evident to Katharine that this young man had fixed his mind upon her.

She instantly recalled her first impressions of him, and saw herself again proffering family relics.

She reverted to the state of mind in which he had left her that Sunday afternoon.

She supposed that he judged her very severely.