If I count one row very carefully, it will take me five minutes, two rows ten minutes, three rows....
She started to count.
As she was midway through the fourth row, the voice said, "I don't think you realize the importance of my visit. We recognize your right of privacy, but don't you feel in this case...?"
Julia jumped up and pulled open the door. "Let me die in peace!"
She ran into the other room and stood in the middle of it, looking all around, breathing hard. Belle leaped down from the dresser, her doze finished, and rubbed against Julia's leg.
The water in the bathroom was running.
She hadn't shut it off. But she had. She had.
The water started again. It stopped. It started. It stopped.
"How quaint."