Clarissa noticed his eyes, they were like indifferent tides, shielding knowledge of an impending storm

"Fear no more," said Clarissa. Fear no more the heat o' the sun; for the shock of Lady Bruton asking Richard to lunch without her made the moment in which she had stood shiver, as a plant on the river-bed feels the shock of a passing oar and shivers: so she rocked: so she shivered.

"Is this Clarissa Fray?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded familiar, though not immediately identifiable.