It's a curious, wanting thing.

“There seemed something rather devotional about her pose, the still­ness, so tha…”

“I would go down to the kitchen, saying 'How do you do?' to whoever I met there:…”

“I should have been sorry for her, at any other time; but for now if they had la…”

“I knew that I couldn't lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn't…”