in a welcome state of calm unreality she listened to several gentlemen who seemed to have lost their aversion to her , but her only genuine feelings were of relief that the townsendes were no longer ostracized , and a lingering frustration that when she had asked if she could leave , nearly an hour ago , jordan townsende had glanced at the duke of stanhope and then shaken his head and gently told her , `` not for a while . ''