He came the first possible moment because he had his business to attend to.
He wasn't drawing a tip-top salary (this staring at Fyne) in a luxuriously furnished office.

Not he.

He had risen to be an employer of labour and was bound to give a good example.
I believe the fellow was aware of, and enjoyed quietly, the consternation his presence brought to the bosom of Mr.and Mrs.Fyne.

He turned briskly to the girl.

Mrs.Fyne confessed to me that they had remained all three silent and inanimate.