She gave a final sob, and said, with some slight remains of passion, "There, there; never heed me.

It takes a deal of patience to go through the world." And so she left him.
He was not sorry to be alone a minute, and think.

This short dialogue with Jael gave him some insight into female character.

It made him suspect that he had been too timid with Grace Carden, and also that there were two women in the game instead of one.
When the time came to return he asked leave to borrow a horse-cloth.
He aired it by the fire, and remarked that it had turned very cold.
"Why," said Patty, "you have got your top-coat.

Well, you are a soft one." "And you are a sharp one," said Henry, ironically.
When Jael came to the gig, Henry put the cloth over her shoulders.
"'Twasn't for me, ye see," said he: "'twas for my betters." "I like you for that," said Patty.
Then there was much kissing, and shaking of hands, and promising to come again, and away they drove to Hillsborough.
On the road Henry, for the first time, was very respectful, as well as kind, to Jael.