I heard their murmur, which accentuated my aloneness.

I lifted my eyes.

In front of me a shining row of foreheads, eyes, collars, shirtfronts, waists, and busy hands above a table of glistening whiteness.

All these things attracted my attention and distracted it at the same time.
I did not know what these people were thinking about.

I did not know who they were.