Julien's departure did not in any way bring to an end those ecstacies which thrilled her in spite of herself, and those troubles of remorse which lacerated her.
She had only a bruise or two about her, —nothing for a tramp, —but the backs of her hands were lacerated, and the question was, Was it with finger-nails?
" What was the other thing you wanted to tell me" ? " What! You change the subject when I am baring a loving but lacerated heart? Well, the other thing is this" .
" They were the new Charles and Diana, " says his friend and former team-mate Gary Neville, a perceptive description of a couple who, like the ill-starred royals, were both lionised and lacerated by the media.
I softened considerably what related to the three days of wandering and starvation, because to have told him all would have been to inflict unnecessary pain: the little I did say lacerated his faithful heart deeper than I wished.