And then went on to thrust into that half-second of suspended fury, a faint breath of appeasing.
I allowed a half-second of silence to obliterate their false pitch.
For one half-second a light shadow crosses the Oxford boat, and then it is out into the sunlight beyond.
And a half-second later an uptown train pulled in on their side.
A half-second too late Benton's magazine pistol ripped out in a frenzied series of spats.