She didn't say a word ?" "No." "Did she look guilty ?" "You would have thought so, if you had seen her." "What did she do ?" "She sat with her eyes upon the floor for some time, and then rose up, and without uttering a word, left the house." "I wish she had said something.

It would have been a satisfaction to know what she thought.

But I suppose the poor woman was so confounded, that she didn't know what to say." "So it appeared to me.

She was completely stunned.

I really pitied her from my heart.