Jumps is the right word.

Then a welcoming speech and congratulations to those present on the arrival of winter! No one ever rejoices in the cold as much as those who are in the hall at that moment.

I bumped into someone with a short apology. I could swear no one was here just now!

"An elephant stepped on a mouse and apologized," someone said in a deep, velvety voice that sent cold frost down the spine.

This someone touched my forearm in an unbearably pleasant touch of cool fingers. But this is unheard of and unacceptable. This is a formal event and touching is allowed only in two cases:...