It maddened her to hear his mechanical voice giving orders about the work.

She wanted to break through the sham of it, smash the trivial coating of business which covered him with hardness, get at the man again; but she was afraid, and before she could feel one touch of his warmth he was gone, and she ached again.
He knew that she was dreary every evening she did not see him, so he gave her a good deal of his time.

The days were often a misery to her, but the evenings and the nights were usually a bliss to them both.

Then they were silent.

For hours they sat together, or walked together in the dark, and talked only a few, almost meaningless words.