Brother And Sister (2009)
Brother And Sister
“He wasn't staring exactly, and he didn't look sinister or threatening, but he was obviously, frankly, interested. He had a heavy-looking, thick book, but he spent more time gazing at Nathalie than he did at its pages.
It was as if, Nathalie thought, he was trying to work something out about her. It was as if he had first noticed her because she attracted him, and then he'd noticed something else, something more elusive and beguiling than mere looks, and was held in thrall to it. She'd tried..., once and unwisely, giving him a brief glance and smile, but he hadn't responded or changed his steady, open gaze. He was plainly concerned with something much less commonplace than flirting.
Nathalie looked steadfastly out of the window. She too, had a book, but she couldn't even contemplate concentrating long enough to get through a single sentence. She wasn't, if she was honest, particularly surprised that the man should be looking at her: in fact, she was more surprised that everyone in the carriage wasn't looking, that there could possibly be a person sitting within yards of her who couldn't see the difference, the difference between all of them in the accepted certainty of their lives and her, on the brink of this extra ordinary change in hers, this change that was going to bring solution and resolution and—and discovery.MoreLess
It was as if, Nathalie thought, he was trying to work something out about her. It was as if he had first noticed her because she attracted him, and then he'd noticed something else, something more elusive and beguiling than mere looks, and was held in thrall to it. She'd tried..., once and unwisely, giving him a brief glance and smile, but he hadn't responded or changed his steady, open gaze. He was plainly concerned with something much less commonplace than flirting.
Nathalie looked steadfastly out of the window. She too, had a book, but she couldn't even contemplate concentrating long enough to get through a single sentence. She wasn't, if she was honest, particularly surprised that the man should be looking at her: in fact, she was more surprised that everyone in the carriage wasn't looking, that there could possibly be a person sitting within yards of her who couldn't see the difference, the difference between all of them in the accepted certainty of their lives and her, on the brink of this extra ordinary change in hers, this change that was going to bring solution and resolution and—and discovery.MoreLess
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