to believe that a few pairs of faded jeans and the khaki shirts she habitually wore in any real way changed her essential status , or riding the bus or the subway when she could have used the car ( but she had been self-involved enough not to see andrew 's hurt and deep puzzlement ; he liked her and thought it must be some sort of personal rejection ) , but young enough to still believe that gesture could sometimes overcome ( or at least overset ) truth .