Not only was her face expressive, but her hands, her feet, her whole body were convulsed in an effort to express something which, for the life of me, I could not understand.

Her wonderful eyes wore an expression, only too readable, of terror and pleading.

She moved her hands rapidly and stamped her foot.

During this pantomime she was forming words with her lips and nodding her head affirmatively.

Her efforts at expression were lost upon me, and I could only respond with a blank stare of astonishment.