Feeling the woman's touch, Lydia jerked away, looking back up at her with an expression caught somewhere between confusion and exasperation. Who was she?
"What do you want?" Lydia sobbed. "Why won't you just go away?!" Was it so much for Lydia to ask? Apparently so, she thought and she wasn't sure whether she was angry, resigned, or relieved by that. Probably all of the above.