Both he and Sophy Viner had too much at stake not to be on their guard.
Owen, like Sophy Viner, had the kind of face which seems less the stage on which emotions move than the very stuff they work in.
His first step must be to obtain from Miss Viner the chance of another and calmer talk; and he resolved to seek it at the earliest hour.
Darrow, through the rapid flight of the shadows, could not seize on any specific indication of feeling: he merely perceived that the young man was unaccountably surprised at finding him with Miss Viner, and that the extent of his surprise might cover all manner of implications.