How was the author's second alone visit to the tea shop

Solution

As per the passage, the author did not receive as many strange glances on her second visit to the tea shop as she did on her first visit. Refer to Paragraph 5, "The craving set in again a few days later when I was leaving work, and I decided to go there forgetting my previous experience. The second time around, the owner and a few other regulars did not bother with me and were in fact friendly. The quizzical expressions were only from very few people. But this time I consciously observed my surroundings to gauge the reason for such a reaction in the first place."