half-mute

Updated: July 22, 2026

He had never even realized until he saw her the last time how beautiful she was; the change in himself had opened his eyes to this; and her greater tenderness toward him in their talk of his departure, her dependence on his friendship, her coming loneliness, the sense of a tragedy in her life all these sweet half-mute appeals to sympathy and affection had rioted in his memory every moment since.

James Lane Allen - The Choir Invisible