He glanced at Kaplan, debating whether he should offer her a cup of water, and then decided he could not risk it. Facher, a dozen paces distant, poured water from his own pitcher and started toward Kaplan. Then one of Cheeseman’s partners briskly crossed Facher’s path and reached Linda Kaplan first with his own cup of water. Facher, intercepted in mid-stride, stood in contemplation for a moment and then raised the cup to his lips and took a sip.

Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, loc. 1866