What did the wild looking women do to Mr. Lorry

In Chapter V, the woman virtually ignores the visitors. If this question pertains to a different chapter, please advise.

The three customers pulled off their hats to Madame Defarge, with three flourishes. She acknowledged their homage by bending her head, and giving them a quick look. Then she glanced in a casual manner round the wine-shop, took up her knitting with great apparent calmness and repose of spirit, and became absorbed in it.