He sees her approaching exquisite in a thousand fascinating details tiny jewels sparkling in her hair her shawl draped in such a way that her lean and sculpted shoulders and her gleaming white back are revealed to the gaze of everyone and the fabric folded such that it reveals all the up way to the elbow her snowy milk-white arm and her hand with tapered fingers surrounding the soft palm while meanwhile her lips curve ever so slightly in what is almost a smile though her half-closed eyes are as sad as they were minutes ago when he first caught her eye and lifted the corners of his mouth and raised his eyebrows slightly but now she is pulling on her right glove covering her pallid hand extending her fingers slowly drawing her right glove up towards the elbow which however can still be seen until she adjusts her shawl and then it too is covered but she sees in the quick flicker of an eyelid and the droop of his upper lip his disappointment and takes pity on him leaving her left arm bare to the elbow lifting her head to meet his eyes with a look that suggests they might pay their respects take their leave climb in his carriage and head off while the episode discretely ends.
