He had been familiar with every phase of hypnotism long before she had known him, and might reasonably be supposed to know by inspection whether the sleep were natural or not.

That a person hypnotised may appear to sleep as naturally as one not under the influence is certain, but the condition of rest is also very often different, to a practised eye, from that of ordinary slumber.

There is a fixity in the expression of the face, and in the attitude of the body, which cannot continue under ordinary circumstances.

He had perhaps noticed both signs in the Wanderer.
She went back to his side and looked at him intently.

She had scarcely dared to do so before, and she felt that she might have been mistaken.
The light, too, had changed, for it was broad day, though the lamps were still burning.