It was a fleeting look, she in a rocking chair looking up from her book because of the voices in the front room, and he startled by the sight of her apricot hair.
This sentence just doesn't seem right.
Top answer
You're right - it doesn't. Who looked quickly? The man who was startled?
— BarbaraPA
You're right - it doesn't.
Who looked quickly?
The man who was startled?
The woman in the chair?
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