1.He had lived with this block for several months now, studied it in every light from every angle, in every degree of heat and cold. 2. He felt discouraged , strangely empty. 3. He came in slowly, hesitated , took up a toothpick from a dish on the top of the piano , and went out again. 4. From the edge of the sea came a ripple and whisper. 5. They went side by side , hand in hand silently towards the hedge. 6. The light outside had chilled, and threw a chalky whiteness on the river.7. Opening the drawer he took from the sachet a handkerchief and the framed photogragh of Fleur. 8. The captain was mostly concerned about himself his own comfort, his own safety. 9. Her mother was speaking in her low, pleasing, slightly metallic voice. 10. And suddenly she burst into tears of disappointment, shame and overstrain. 11. Then, without a word of warning, without the shadow of provocation, he bit that poodle’s near foreleg. 12. There were tangerines and apples strained with stawberry pink.