Mrs.Morel was strong on her feet again.
He was not going to stick to Miriam.

Very well; then she would stand aloof till he said something.

It had been coming a long time, this bursting of the storm in him, when he would come back to her.

This evening there was between them a peculiar condition of suspense.
He worked feverishly and mechanically, so that he could escape from himself.

It grew late.