As at a blow they had become affianced, so, with no stage between, but in immediate sequence perfectly natural to them both, the natural repercussion of the blow, they talked immediately of betrothal's consummation, of marriage, of their marriage.
"This Freedom"
A. S. M. Hutchinson
In agony they lay in silence and counted time by the repercussion of pain until the welcome dawn came with its new supply of hope.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
But there are ways with hand or handkerchief of breaking the repercussion.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage