They walked with a brisk step and wore the steady expression of creatures with work in view.

Slim young war-widows were to be seen in black dresses and veiled small hats with bits of white crape inside their brims.

Sometimes their little faces were awful to behold, but sometimes they wore a strained look of exaltation.
The Dowager Duchess of Darte was often absent from Eaton Square.

She was understood to be proving herself much stronger than her friends had supposed her to be.

She proved it by doing an extraordinary amount of work.