how does Miss Fairchild react when she sees the handcuffs ? how does the other man beside Mr easton reassure her ?
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She extended her hand towards them with a new and radiant face. She also started a conversation with them and insinuated that she was used to listening to men. As Mr. Easton, she talked to one of them, and asked him if he might remember her as an old friend.
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Miss Fairchild extended her "little grey gloved hand" towards Mr. Easton for a kiss according to the culture if her motherland. Mr. Easton accepted her hand using his left hand and said that "it is otherwise engaged" and shared a glimpse of the handcuffs tied to his wrist. As soon as Miss Fairchild saw the handcuffs, her smile and the glow in her eyes faded. Miss Fairchild is a flirtatious woman who is driven away by outward appearance. It is evident that she knew Mr. Easton beforehand and when she saw the handcuffs she was shocked as she sensed that he had committed some sort of crime. The glow on her face faded as she did not want to stay in contact with criminal.
The actual marshall, the grum faced man sensed the shame through which Mr. Easton is passing through and reassured Miss F that he was the convict and Mr. E the marshall. She asked Miss F to tell Mr. E to ask the jury to reduce his punishment to reassure that he was the convict and Mr. E the marshall.