"I can't cry.
My heart is numbed." She moved away slowly over the grass.

Miss Garth watched the tall black figure gliding away alone until it was lost among the trees.

While it was in sight she could think of nothing else.

The moment it was gone, she thought of Norah.

For the first time in her experience of the sisters her heart led her instinctively to the elder of the two.
Norah was still in her own room.