half-unthinking

Updated: April 30, 2025

Warren, splashing in his bath, scattering wet towels and discarded garments so royally about the place; Warren, in a discursive mood, regarding some operation as he stropped his razor; Warren's old, half-unthinking "you look sweet, dear," when, fresh and dainty, his wife was ready to go downstairs for these and a thousand other memories of him she yearned with an aching desire that racked her like a bodily pain.

Kathleen Thompson Norris - The Heart of Rachael