Subliminal communication

    "Talon was a man - all man. He walked strong and he thought right, and no man ever left his door hungry, Indian, black man, or white. Nor did he ever take water for any man."

  

  "He was a judge of land," I said, "and of women."

    "We had it good together," Em said quietly, "we walked in a quiet way, the two of us, and never had to say much about it to one another." She paused. "I just looked at him and he looked at me and we knew how it was with each other.

(from Ride the Dark Trail, by Louis L'Amour)