And so it was really a pleasure to turn this possible son-in-law out of her house just at this time.

It would be a very simple matter to open the door to him later on and invite him in.
She stood beside her hearth and watched him go with a calm and far from uneasy eye.

He would come again to-morrow, perhaps,--but even at his worst he could not be a dangerous visitor.

He was a gentleman.

He was a bit distressed.