She murmured a few words in reply to the magistrate's inquiry whether she was in great pain; and, having been raised on the pillow by the nurse, looked vacantly upon the strange countenances that surrounded her bed.

The magistrate nodded to the officer, to bring the man forward.

He did so, and stationed him at the bedside.

The girl looked on with a wild and troubled expression of face; but her sight was dim, and she did not know him.
'Take off his hat,' said the magistrate.

The officer did as he was desired, and the man's features were disclosed.
The girl started up, with an energy quite preternatural; the fire gleamed in her heavy eyes, and the blood rushed to her pale and sunken cheeks.
It was a convulsive effort.