half-embarrassing

Updated: April 30, 2025

"There's Geoffrey. Come in, old boy. We've only just begun." Half an hour's exhibition followed. Both Helena and French were intelligent spectators, and their amazement at the quality and variety of the work shown them seemed half-welcome, half-embarrassing to their host. "Why don't you go on with it? Why don't you exhibit?" cried Helena. He shrugged his shoulders. "It doesn't interest me now.

Mrs. Humphry Ward - Helena