Mrs.Fritz had a pretty face and dresses and manners, and so did Hannah Dover, only she talked too much.

So I studied them and remembered what the Princess had said, and I wondered if she heard some one say that Peter Justice beat his wife, or if she showed it in her face and manner.

She reminded me of a scared cowslip that had been cut and laid in the sun an hour.

I don't know as that expresses it.

Perhaps a flower couldn't look scared, but it could be wilted and faded.