His tone had gentled; suddenly he seemed like a much younger man.

His tone gentled, he reached for her, touched lips to her forehead.

She swallowed convulsively and his tone gentled.

The words were unintelligible but the tone was gentling soothing, and in the end he seemed to have possession of her will.

'Sit down,' he repeated, his tone gentling her as though she were a wounded animal.

His tone gentled as he looked at Mrs Foster.

Verigin laned forwardto examine Fedya's image in the screen more closely; and his tone gentled.

"Don't worry, Fox," he added, his tone gentling.

"Kenlan is dead," she said, and her tone gentled somewhat.

His tone gentled: "Do believe, I'm not happy about what we've done.