She smiled and told everyone how much she loves her gifts. Bob has a mysterious pain in the lower regions. He' s afraid to go to the doctor, and he doesn't tell anyone about it. In the Agrimony state people don't want to make other people unhappy by hearing about their problems.
Agrimony people make the ideal patients in hospitals.
They never complain, are generally cheerful. If they could they'd get up and make the bed themselves. They're just as eager to keep any unhappiness from themselves as from others. If they ever sit down, alone, undistracted, that unhappiness may come to the surface, so they do their best to avoid solitary activities. It would be too easy to dismiss them as superficial or as people who are ashamed to let their innermost feelings be known by others.