The reaction from the great physical efforts she had made overcame her.

It seemed to her that Keyork's only reason for taking him away must be that he was dead.

Her head throbbed and her eyes began to burn.

The great passion had its will of her and stabbed her through and through with such pain as she had never dreamed of.

The horror of it all was too deep for tears, and tears were by nature very far from her eyes at all times.
She pressed her hands to her breast and rocked herself gently backwards and forwards.