But better than tell afterward, try to stand away from them, and not give them an opportunity.
Families are not generally asked for permission, or told about the procedure afterward.
"Yes," she replied, and could not tell afterward if she had spoken the word.
I didn't understand what happened, nor did Ginny afterward tell me much.
Of course I couldn't see him when we took off, but he afterward told me that he believed his end had come.
The pastor said he asked to say a "closing prayer" and afterward told the parishioners to leave quietly.
For he assumed, as he afterward told me, that I had collapsed or been struck to the floor.
Ironically, if it has occurred, it will be impossible to tell until a few years afterward.
He kept a straight face, too, when he told about it afterward.
They were that race of which no human being ever saw a living member, and escaped to tell about it afterward.