Rudolf's manner was kindly and courtly, but nothing more.

He was glad to see his pretty neighbour in his house and anxious to make her comfortable, but she did not interest him in the very least.
And indeed Fanny herself found the situation much less dangerous than she had imagined.

Ideals, especially ideals of the masculine gender, in their domestic circles lose very much of the nimbus which they carry about with them elsewhere.

At home you hear them whistle and shout, and bully their servants and domestics, and see them immersed in everyday household affairs.

You see them eat and drink and look bored.