It's not as harsh as most of the critiques she'd been given since falling in with Johnny. It's not remotely as condemning as half the opinions she'd been handed.

It means she does, in the way of young woman who have been raised to be seen and not heard, push herself back. Close in with the way quiet sets on a person who's been taught not to argue.

"Thank you, Miss-- sorry, I didn't catch your name."