[The Trials of the Soldier’s Wife by Alex St. Clair Abrams]@TWC D-Link bookThe Trials of the Soldier’s Wife CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENTH 1/20
TRIAL OF MRS.
WENTWORTH--THE ADVOCATE. The morning for the trial of Mrs.Wentworth arrived, and at the hour of ten she appeared in the court.
Her appearance was changed since we last saw her.
The kind hearted daughter of Dr.Humphries had visited her the day before with a supply of clothing, and though her features retained their haggard and care-worn expression, none who looked upon her as she entered the court room could have failed to perceive that she was a lady and unlike a majority of females brought before a jury to answer grave charges.
Her case did not excite any notice until she appeared, when the pinched and sharp face presented to the spectators, and the evidence her lady-like demeanor gave of her being a different subject from that usually presented, awoke a feeling of interest in the crowd, and many enquiries were made of the nature of the charge made against her.
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