Then she collected together the other papers, which were not many, and without looking at them carried them to her father.

She studiously avoided any scrutiny of what there might be, even by so much as a glance of her eye.

"This seems to be all there is, father, except one or two old account-books." He took the bundle, and with feeble hands untied the tape and moved the documents, one by one.

Nina felt that she was fully warranted in looking at them now, as her father was in fact showing them to her.
In this way she would be able to give evidence in his favour without having had recourse to any ignoble practice.

The old man moved every paper in the bundle, and she could see that they were all letters.