...of a farewell

The silence hung between them, the silence in which there would normally have been thanks and disclaimers, vague arrangements to meet again. The situation seemed so full of latent comedy, of which she completely unaware, that he found it difficult not to smile. As he opened the door, she said: 'Goodbye, Gerard.'

[Ritual in the Dark, Wilson, C.]

- submitted by Pearce, M A.