How is Mrs. Armstid described when she enters the courtroom to plead her case to the judge?

Every time Mrs. Armstid is described on the page, she is described as having a vacant, defeated look in her eyes. She is always described as wearing a faded bonnet which represents how her spirit has worn away. When Ratcliff sees her, he says that Mrs. Armstid, "looks like a old snag still standing up and moving along on a high water," insinuating that she is a defeated woman.