When next he sees her, he is buying a magazine to read during the flight and becomes aware that someone is jostling him.

Don't come near me! Keep your distance!

Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

We were not two; we were one, the joints of our backs fused right near our sit bones.

Though the game was lost, it was a very near thing.