She, so small and pale and delicate, had held him at bay, who was so huge, so immensely strong.
Besides that, all the charm of their intimacy was gone.

After that unhappy sitting, Trina was no longer frank and straight-forward.

Now she was circumspect, reserved, distant.

He could no longer open his mouth; words failed him.

At one sitting in particular they had said but good-day and good-by to each other.