Parata sulla predica

He had lifted his hand before they appeared. Keep this circumstance, though it settles very little. What arrives can enter an act already begun and give it something to have been meant for. The fingers need not move again. Those approaching may receive a greeting while the listeners are still attending to the sentence that accompanied it.

To assign the whole gesture to its maker, we would have to end it at his skin. Beyond that, it enters undertakings he has never considered. Even an objection can travel some distance as part of the rejoicing, retaining its objection throughout. This is permitted by the interval between the hand and those who see it. The interval has sometimes been included in the account of the body. We shall need that usage here, while the arm is still raised.