The man speaks softly, "I can explain ...".      He is a member of the church, and highly respected, yet the emotional display that they had just witnessed, and her reaction to this man ...is enough to question what mystery, perhaps hidden beneath the exterior of a Sunday church-goer, may warrant such drastic emotions, causing her to flee.  They hold off their emotions the best they can, and fend off any rash judgments of possible condemnation ...looking the man straight in the eye, awaiting an explanation.