Other passages from A Jury of Her Peers:
"Mrs. Peters reached out for the bottle of fruit as if she were glad to take it - as if touching a familiar thing, having something to do, could keep her from something else."
"The men went over to the stove. The women stood close together by the door. Young Henderson, the county attorney, turned around and said: 'Come up to the fire ladies.' Mrs Peters took a step forward, then stopped, 'I'm not - cold,' she said."