I found him incredibly handsome. But, you know, proximity does something. And getting to know someone does something. So often, especially maybe with men, their first reaction to women is they're looking for a soft face. And it might take them a while to like a face that doesn't fit that mold.
Women are more interested in interesting faces.
I'm generalizing wildly, of course. But I'm just saying that I think for Maurice, Norma Joyce was very homely initially. But she was homely. Not just to Maurice, but you established her as being not physically attractive. Unlike her sister Lucinda, who is very beautiful.