"But there's another thing that you need to hear," he said, and his voice was surprisingly gentle.
He put a surprisingly gentle arm around Catherine and led her aside.
'I have to leave,' he said in a surprisingly gentle voice.
The priest took both my hands in his and the touch was surprisingly gentle.
Some of them had been surprisingly gentle, but not this one.
And then you're going up again on a surprisingly gentle rebound.
He smiled and laid a surprisingly gentle hand on my shoulder.
'You may be right,' he said in a surprisingly gentle voice.
"You shouldn't remember him like this," he said, his voice surprisingly gentle and compassionate.
"We take care of our own," he said again, reassuring them in a surprisingly gentle voice.