Mechanically it touched that of Lilla, and in that instant she was transformed.
Then Mr. Caswall's efforts at staring became intensified, and poor Lilla's nervousness grew greater.
I could see that Lilla began to suffer from nervousness, as on the first occasion; but she carried herself bravely.
Lilla was silent in the helpless concentration of deadly fear; Mimi was all resolve and self-forgetfulness, so intent on the soul-struggle in which she was engaged that there was no possibility of any other thought.