It quavered.

One might have thought her caught by the throat.
Emilia gazed at no one now.

She rose, without a word or an apology, keeping her eyes down.
"Fiasco!" cruelly cried Mr.Pericles.
That was better to her than the silly kindness of the people who deemed it well to encourage her with applause.

Emilia could not bear the clapping of hands, and fled..