I will explain to you my grounds very shortly." And, bending forward, he gave the reasons for his judgment of the case as carefully and as lucidly as though he were stating them to a fellow-expert, and not to an agitated girl of twenty-one.

Both in words and manner there was an implied tribute, not only to Marcella, but perhaps to that altered position of the woman in our moving world which affects so many things and persons in unexpected ways.
Marcella listened, restlessly.

She had drawn her hand away, and was twisting her handkerchief between her fingers.

The flush that had sprung up while she was talking had died away.

She grew whiter and whiter.