Hildie _____________, a woman on a train traveling with a male associate in a remote area, meets a 35-year old woman who is traveling with a cat.
An understanding happens, yet the content of the exchange is not as special as it is unexpected. The two characters spend perhaps ten seconds engaged in unwavering eye contact. The exchange of business cards is achieved.
The train makes a few stops along the way, the cat is collected, and the non-Hildie takes the hand of a backward man as she reembarks. The train finally reaches the home city, where Hildie and non-Hildie will use telephones to talk despite thoracic thumping.