Hester was away , or , of course , this would never have happened .<br>She had gone for a month 's visit to distant friends .<br>In that month I lived a lifetime .<br>Hugh Blair courted me as the other girls in Newbridge were courted .<br>He took me out driving and came to see me in the evenings , which we spent for the most part in the garden .<br>I did not like the stately gloom and formality of our old Meredith parlor , and Hugh never seemed to feel at ease there .<br>His broad shoulders and hearty laughter were oddly out of place among our faded , old-maidish furnishings .

Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Hester's friends enjoyed her company"?

Choices: 1. Yes. 2. It's impossible to say. 3. No.
I think the answer is
2.