She had accepted the position exacted from her by the situation, and she looked for no loss of prestige, either on her daughter's or her own account.

Such was the language of her eyes; and it was a language which should have assured Ella that she had a better friend in her mother than she had ever dreamed of.

The entrance of the defendant cut short my contemplation of any mere spectator.

The change in him was so marked that I was conscious of it before I really saw him.
Every eye had reflected it, and it was no surprise to me when I noted the relieved, almost cheerful aspect of his countenance as he took his place and met his counsel's greeting with a smile--the first, I believe, which had been seen on his face since his sister's death.

That counsel I had already noted.