The dark rings about her eyes betrayed a night of sleeplessness, but otherwise she looked as fresh as if she had just stepped out of her private boudoir, instead of a narrow, stuffy cell in the woman's wing of the Tombs.

Evidently she had prepared herself for a great test and had summoned all the stubborn courage of one resigned to suffering, yet who meant to hide her agony from the eyes of the world.
Of the others, Collins appeared to be the most uneasy.

He looked almost frightened.

From time to time his gaze fixed itself on the face of his wife, but she kept her eyes averted.

Only a slight constraint of manner exposed Ward and Beard's diminishing self-control.
"Since the witnesses have been cautioned to remain silent," said Britz, addressing the coroner, "and as they appear resolved to stay mute, we cannot escape the conviction that they have knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Mr.Whitmore.At present Mrs.
Collins is the only prisoner.