There was a moment of shocked silence, and then an excited babble.

"It's me," she said, then tuned out the excited babble from behind the door.

Voices rose in an excited babble as each tried to render his or her own version of all the lost years.

The far door closed behind Malabar, bringing the pirates to their feet with an excited babble.

An excited babble began as the crowd recognized who it was.

Nevertheless, he raised his voice above the excited babble.

Suddenly there was a lull in the excited babble of voices.

The recruits came to their feet in an excited babble of voices.

She started to say something, but an excited babble broke out across the room and cut her off in midsentence.

Trent said suddenly, his voice cutting through the excited babble.