anchor: That I can build card houses seven stories high, but I cannot" ”thump ”"find" ”thump ”"that last link of which I spoke to you." 152 I could not quite tell what to say, so I held my peace, and he began slowly building up the cards again, speaking in jerks as he did so. 
positive: I did not know what to say, so I kept quiet.
negative: I knew what I had to say, so we started a conversation.