him again ; and she passedpassher hand down his body till she camecometo his feet ; she heldholdthe right foot in her hand and feltfeelthe five small toes ; and then slowly passedpassher hand over the left one .
The woman kissedkisshis eyes , and with thin , small hands feltfeelthe warm body through his white flannel nightgown .
A gush of tearstearat her mother 's farewell kisskiss, a touchtouchin her throat when the cars clackedclackby the flour mill where her father worked by the day , a pathetic sighsighas the familiar green environs of the village passedpassin review , and the threads which bound her so lightly to girlhood and home were irretrievably brokenbreak.