What were the odds that it would be Mr. Selwyn who she had bumped into? With one hand bare, no less! He'd think she had done it on purpose. Removed her glove and bumped onto him, to seduce him! Thankfully, the cold had already made her face quite red (her nose ridiculously so).

"I'm sorry, Mr. Selwyn, I didn't do it on purpose!" Minty frantically explained herself. "I lost my glove and I was looking for it and then it started snowing and I didn't see you there!" She had to make it clear that she hadn't bared one arm on purpose!