The physical signs of his suffering cut her to the heart; and yet she wondered how it was that they could both be alive, or, if alive, they were not rending their garments and crying aloud.

Mr.Wilkins seemed to have lost the power of careless action and speech, it is true.
He wished to leave the room now his anxiety about his daughter was relieved, but hardly knew how to set about it.

He was obliged to think about the veriest trifle, in order that by an effort of reason he might understand how he should have spoken or acted if he had been free from blood-guiltiness.

Ellinor understood all by intuition.

But henceforward the unspoken comprehension of each other's hidden motions made their mutual presence a burdensome anxiety to each.