A pause; it endured horribly.

“Amory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressi…”

“How I feel is that if I wanted anything I'd take it. That's what I've always th…”

“A breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other l…”

“We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy-colored space, fragilely bo…”