i can not say for certain what then followed , except that at the very instant when heads might have turned to see this person at whom 'the witch ' stared so fixedly , deborah did look away , and again her eyes took in the scene before her , lingering with equal care upon the stalls of the wine sellers and the peddlers , and the groups of random persons who backed away from her as she looked at them , and finally up at the viewing stand which loomed down upon her , and at the old comtesse , who steeled herself to this silent accusation , and then to the comtesse de chamillart , who at once squirmed in her seat , her face reddening , as she looked in panic to the old comtesse , who remained as unmoved as before .