Mrs.Fyne on her side was simply appalled by the personage, but did not show it outwardly.

Not even when the man remarked with false simplicity that Florrie--her name was Florrie wasn't it?
would probably miss at first all her grand friends.

And when he was informed that the girl was in bed, not feeling well at all he showed an unsympathetic alarm.

She wasn't an invalid was she?
No.

What was the matter with her then?
An extreme distaste for that respectable member of society was depicted in Fyne's face even as he was telling me of him after all these years.