1 As the trial had proceeded, her countenance had altered.
2 My own agitation and anguish was extreme during the whole trial.
3 Poor Justine was very ill; but other trials were reserved for her.
4 We passed a few sad hours until eleven o'clock, when the trial was to commence.
5 The trial began, and after the advocate against her had stated the charge, several witnesses were called.
6 My heart beat quick; this was the hour and moment of trial, which would decide my hopes or realize my fears.
7 Felix had accidentally been present at the trial; his horror and indignation were uncontrollable when he heard the decision of the court.
8 They remained confined for five months before the trial took place, the result of which deprived them of their fortune and condemned them to a perpetual exile from their native country.
9 And now, behold, with the first imagination of danger, or, if you will, the first mighty and terrific trial of your courage, you shrink away and are content to be handed down as men who had not strength enough to endure cold and peril; and so, poor souls, they were chilly and returned to their warm firesides.
10 I endeavoured to crush these fears and to fortify myself for the trial which in a few months I resolved to undergo; and sometimes I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason, to ramble in the fields of Paradise, and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sympathizing with my feelings and cheering my gloom; their angelic countenances breathed smiles of consolation.