How acutely sometimes the presence or absence of people mattered
She groped forward, hands and feet, in search of darkness, distance and solitude.
Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake.
He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak.
People want incongruous, impossible things.
As he left to answer the call, she heard him exclaiming in wonderment on the rise. "Rocks, Nash. Is that a river mare out there? Do you see her? Have you ever laid eyes on a more gorgeous creature?