A pause; it endured horribly.

“When she saw him face to face their eyes met and brushed like birds’ wings. Aft…”

“The other girl, Daisy, made an attempt to rise--she leaned slightly forward wit…”

“I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go”

“At both ends of life man needed nourishment: a breast - a shrine. Something to …”