Her proud shyness had utterly departed.

She had returned a grave, reserved woman, indifferent, almost apathetic, wholly self-contained.

Her natural stateliness still clung about her, but she did not cloak herself therewith.

She walked rather as one rapt in reverie, looking neither to the right nor to the left.
Mrs.Ralston nearly wept when she saw her, so shocked was she by the havoc that strange month had wrought.

All the soft glow of youth had utterly passed away.