Huh, funny, but I always read this as an attempt to describe the feeling of happiness actually "bubbling up" against the back of one's throat -- not heartbreaking at all, quite the reverse, expressing Nicola's inward joy at remembering how natural their conversation was. I now realize it is completely ambiguous....
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"and a bubble of happiness seemed to break at the back of her throat"
Date: 2015-02-14 12:53 am (UTC)