He was hungry, and the sight of the food made him feel suddenly ravenous.

He watched her covertly, noting her matter-of-fact movements.

It was as though she had not the slightest idea that he would refuse to eat, and he felt certain that he could not refuse.

She was making him feel uncomfortable again; that epithet, "silly," rankled in him and he did not want to hear her apply it to him again.

But he would have risked it had she looked at him.