She did not call things by these names, but she felt the gentleman in him.
Besides, there was the lady.

He had told about her at the beginning.

He evidently honored the lady.

The woman had said that the lady would not ride with him alone.

Was it true?
Would he not like to have the lady ride alone with him when she was not his relative in any way?
Then was there a difference between his thought of the lady and of herself?
Of course, there was some; he loved the lady, but he should not think less honorably of her than of any lady in the land.
She sat straight and proudly in her man's saddle, and tried to make him feel that she was worthy of respect.