coming to her lips , not unwelcomed , just rudely unannounced : combing her hair , a hundred strokes or more on the days she remembers to do so long mirror , half-naked , liking to look at herself , not so much in self-infatuation as with a basic comfortableness with her unclothed self : so the sentence was heard , heard first before spoken , realizing that it was herself speaking : like a road-sign all of a suddenly popping up and causing you to question what ?