'But you had no money to buy it,' Radulfus said, in the same placid tone, withholding censure.

And the placid tone, the very accent, seemed to rid the word of its horror.

I think she made beautiful, neat stitches in that C," went on the Little Woman in a placid, gossipy tone invented especially for domestic conversation.

Her placid tone indicated that she had already made up her mind about something, but she did not elaborate.

Clarke shook his hand off and let out a long breath; that seemed to bring a more placid tone to his face.

"Saturday, Mr. Cooperdale," returned Lowder, in a placid tone.

But her words belied her placid tone.

"Hello, William," he said pleasantly, in his usual placid, even-tempered tones.

"A fair-haired fellow," the last observed in a placid tone, and paused.

"Was the mistress of Charles de Spenser," Harry said calmly, the tension in his hands belying his placid tone.