1. The church in town was small, smelling of rain and incense, with stained-glass panels in the windows.
2. The place had that strange unfurnished cleanliness that lonely houses sometimes have.
3. Her eyes flick back and forth quickly. When she does this, she looks like an expert mathematician performing calculations in her head. She sets the coffee cup back in the saucer.
4. Connell's visual field shudders violently for a second, like the beginning of a giganic migraine, and he lifts a hand to his forehead.