She could not bear that he should give in before Ben Weatherstaff.

He did not give in.

She was uplifted by a sudden feeling that he looked quite beautiful in spite of his thinness.

He fixed his eyes on Ben Weatherstaff in his funny imperious way.
"Look at me!" he commanded.

"Look at me all over! Am I a hunchback?
Have I got crooked legs ?" Ben Weatherstaff had not quite got over his emotion, but he had recovered a little and answered almost in his usual way.
"Not tha'," he said.