Nothing seemed to give Colin a bigger thrill than to say, " All right, Harry? " six or seven times a day and hear, " Hello, Colin, " back, however exasperated Harry sounded when he said it.
Many, perhaps most, people have experienced a sudden rush of emotion on hearing a particular piece of music; a thrill or chill, a sense of excitement or exhilaration, a feeling of being swept away by it.
We hadn’t spoken for decades, so I was thrilled when he told me: he remembered a particularly gifted public speaker who took his class in the 1980s… With a bright mind and a charming personality!