38/49 Oh! what humiliations we women can suffer from a sentence--a smile--and show nothing--nothing!' Her face had begun to burn. She lifted her handkerchief to brush away two slow tears that had forced their way. Lucy's eyes had been drawn to her from their hiding-place. The girl's brow was furrowed, her lips parted; there was a touch of fear--unconscious, yet visible--in her silence. I suppose I had seen it before. |