Aposiopesis

—"My ſiſter, mayhap," quoth my uncle Toby, "does not chooſe to let a man come ſo near her ****" Make this daſh—'tis an Apoſiopeſis.—Take the daſh away, and write Backſide,—'tis Bawdy.

Aposiopesis leaves imperfect sense; And, sometimes, such a pause speaks eloquence.

“If you are not—” The aposiopesis was icy.

“Have fire in this garret before night or—” / He stopped because he could not go on. It was an aposiopesis of the purest kind.

This somewhat abrupt ending (or aposiopesis) is caused by a previous movement from the figure on the bed.