It did not occur to her to notice that, when the guests were presented to him, Lord Walderhurst barely glanced at her surface as he bowed, and could scarcely be said to forget her existence the next second, because he had hardly gone to the length of recognising it.

As she enjoyed her extremely nice cup of tea and little buttered scone, she also enjoyed looking at his Lordship discreetly, and trying to make an innocent summing up of his mental attitudes.
Lady Maria seemed to like him and to be pleased to see him.

He himself seemed, in an undemonstrative way, to like Lady Maria.

He also was evidently glad to get his tea, and enjoyed it as he sat at his cousin's side.

He did not pay very much attention to any one else.