So he stood still again, vouchsafing no answer, but a short nod of recognition to the few men who knew and spoke to him, as the crowd drove out the millyard at dinner-time, and scowling with all his might at the Irish "knobsticks" who had just been imported. 
So he stood still again as the crowd drove out of the millyard at dinner-time, scowling at the imported Irish 'knobsticks'. 