“His wife a year he fondly loved His wife a⁠—a year he⁠—fondly loved.”

Or suddenly waking up again:

“Walking along the crowded row

He met the one he used to know.”

“Walking along the crowded row He met the one he used to know.”

But no one shared his enjoyment: his silent companion looked with positive hostility and mistrust at all these manifestations. There was another man in the room who looked somewhat like a retired government clerk. He was sitting apart, now and then sipping from his pot and looking round at the company. He, too, appeared to be in some agitation.