- Their time alone in norfolk for the hour when they look for the tape. Tommy wants to find it for her as he loves her and cares for her on a level that he can not ruth. Instead, kathy finds it and tommy is dissapointed.
- Tommy's 'theory' which he only tells kathy at first (ruth much later). Throughout their conversation on it, there is the blatant feeling that the reader gets of them being made for each other. Kathy notes later that there is no more mention of it until ruth says shes' been told.How she 'got it out of him i the end'. Furhter augments the feeling that he and ruth dont 'belong' and he and kathy do much more.
- Kathy and tommy in the goose hut.His drawings which he quietly wants her opinion of, and kathy knows this but does not give. Reader keeps getting the esence of these ;'missed chances' for the two to really bond emotionally.
- Ruth admitting to kathy that tommy really admires kathy and herself and tommy wont be together forever and kathy is the natural succession, but, he doesnt love her and see her like a girlfriend, just respects her.
This final point is perhaps why tommy prefers spending time with kathy as they connect on an emotional level whcih he and ruth do not, she does not have the ability to comfort and understand feelings.
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