So long as gossip busied itself in coupling their names together, any other vagaries of the doctor's passed unobserved.
Most of the gossipers failed to notice the doctor's other vagaries, but one or two did not.
mnli hypothesis: Most of the gossipers failed to notice the doctor's other vagaries, but one or two did not. premise: So long as gossip busied itself in coupling their names together, any other vagaries of the doctor's passed unobserved.