He set to work on her in a particularly levelheaded and elaborate fashion. During their long separation he had had enough time to imagine this meeting. He had formed a multilevel erotic schemata with a number of variable subroutines. The sheets were soaked with sweat and the veins were standing out on her neck. With a strangled cry she tore the mask from her eyes, tumbled out of bed with a thump, and hurried out of the room.