And in that way they went from the small room into the large one.

Thompson went first; Mrs.Crawley with her veil down came next; and the wretched man followed his wife, with his eyes fixed upon the ground and his hands clasped together upon his breast.

He could at first have seen nothing, and could hardly have known where he was when they placed him in a chair.

She, with a better courage, contrived to look round through her veil, and saw that there was a long board or table covered with green cloth, and that six or seven gentlemen were sitting at one end of it, while there seemed to be a crowd standing along the sides and about the room.

Her husband was seated at the other end of the table, near the corner, and round the corner,--so that she might be close to him,--her chair had been placed.