GR translation: a quiet, desperate moment

[David Morris]

Probably a combination of 4, 5 & 6, emphasis on need and dispair.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Mike Jing
<gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> P30.33-P31.2   The wind had been blowing all year long, year after
> year, but Roland had felt only the secular wind . . . he means, only
> his personal wind. Yet. . . Selena, the wind, the wind’s everywhere. .
> . .”
>     Here the medium breaks off, is silent awhile . . . one groan . .
> . a quiet, desperate moment. “Selena. Selena. Have you gone, then?”
>     “No, my dear,” her cheeks molded with previous tears, “I’m listening.”
>
> What is the meaning of "desperate"here?
>
> 1.      careless of danger, as from despair; utterly reckless
> 2.      (of an act) reckless; risky
> 3.      used or undertaken in desperation or as a last resort: desperate measures
> 4.      critical; very grave: in desperate need
> 5.      in distress and having a great need or desire
> 6.      moved by or showing despair or hopelessness; despairing