No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.

“If I could believe," said Rhoda, "that I should grow old in pursuit and change,…”

“Waves of hands, hesitations at street corners, someone dropping a cigarette int…”

“ne cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”

“She came into a room; she stood, as he had often seen her, in a doorway with lo…”