he saw mrs. rushworth , was received by her with a coldness which ought to have been repulsive ; but he was mortified , he could not bear to be thrown off by the woman whose smiles had been so wholly at his command : he must exert himself to subdue so proud a display of resentment ; it was anger on fanny 's account ; he must get the better of it , and make mrs. rushworth maria bertram again in her treatment of himself .