Sentence:  "Not," added she, as her eyes glittered with anger, and she sidled near the door for an exit—" not but, in the estimation of others, you may be quite an Adonis—a young gentleman of wit and fashion —a beau of the first water; I have no doubt Mary Jane thinks so— you old wretch!" This, in <WSD>alt</WSD>, and a bang of the door that brought down an oil picture that hung over it, closed the scene. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition. (from 18th c.)