Opposite the simple declarative sentence, Walter was worried is a
portrait of a very worried Walter. But wait! The letters that spell out
his feelings form his facial characteristics, as well as his expression.
Gradually a simple story unfolds: the sky grows dark, the fog rolls in,
lightning lights the sky, and thunder shakes the trees; Priscilla was
puzzled, Shirley was shocked, Frederick was frightened... and eventually
(when the sun came out) Henry was hopeful, and Elliot ecstatic.
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