She was in hopes that the evening would afford some opportunity of bringing them together; that the whole of the visit would not pass away without enabling them to enter into something more of conversation than the mere ceremonious salutation attending his entrance.
Elle espérait que la soirée leur fournirait l’occasion de se rapprocher et d’avoir une conversation moins banale que les quelques propos cérémonieux qu’ils avaient échangés a son entrée.