That is the shock those bold, bad men gave it with the words they used.

They--used--words, Mr.Green! If we could scheme some way to pull out all those wrinkles--I do love a nice, clean, smooth atmosphere where I live.

It's so wrinkly--" "I'll attend to all that, right away." Miss Hallman decided that she had nothing further to say to Mr.Green.
She wheeled her horse rather abruptly and rode off with a curt goodbye.
Miss Allen, being new at the business of handling a horse, took more time in pulling her mount around.

While her back was turned to Florence Grace and her face was turned toward Pink and Andy, she gave them a twinkling glance that had one lowered eyelid to it, twisted her lips, and spoke sharply to her horse.

They might make of it what they would.
Florence Grace looked back impatiently--perhaps suspiciously also--and saw Miss Allen coming on with docile haste.
So that ended the interview which Miss Hallman had meant to be so impressive.