How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
A terrible dread gripped her all the while: that he could be so heavy and utterly inert, unresponsive, apart. The horror of the distance between them was almost too much for her—it was so infinite a gap she must look across. (2.133)
As we've mentioned elsewhere, Walter's death has made Elizabeth feel so incredibly separate from her husband/everything else that she is kind of paralyzed with terror. Apparently the great beyond is no laughing matter . . .