Nanny went to the loom in his place, filling as well as weaving, and he walked about, dressed better than the common, and with cheerful words for those who had time to listen.
Nanny got no approval even for doing his work as well as her own, for they were understood to have money, and Sanders let us think her merely greedy.

We drifted into his opinions.
Had Jess been one of those who could go about, she would, I think, have read Nanny better than the rest of us, for her intellect was bright, and always led her straight to her neighbours' hearts.

But Nanny visited no one, and so Jess only knew her by hearsay.

Nanny's standoffishness, as it was called, was not a popular virtue, and she was blamed still more for trying to keep her husband out of other people's houses.

He was so frank and full of gossip, and she was so reserved.