Or would she be celebrating his return home after the long separation?

The next morning I met the Dordogne again after a long separation.

And here, Gentlemen, we meet again in kindness after a long separation.

What was it, was he shy of her after the long separation?

And as for her-whywas she so silent after the long separation?

You would have thought that the long separation had come about accidentally.

How would he be able to bear the long separation from Rosamund?

After the long separation the two sisters had much to tell one another.

And now in this long separation, O how does she breathe

The brothers had much to talk about after their long separation.

They recount to each other all that has passed during their long separation.

Ah, the memories of these first golden mornings together after our long separation.

The long separation brought not only emotional distance but a difference in political outlook.

To avoid costly legal fees in a heated battle, sometimes a long separation helps.

Not that in this long separation I have been dull, or sad, or lonely.

After our long separation it will do us both more good than anything else.