She didn't laugh, but her voice brightened a little, and I was glad.

Her voice brightened as she asked, "Did you ever get a chance to spend time alone with him?"

"Might have a scorpion or two," Kraft said, his voice brightening.

The male voice brightened, as if he had only just realized that fact.

The old man said, his voice brightening immediately.

Though I had to admit, the boys' soaring voices brightened the gloom somehow.

But her voice brightened: "As long as you're alive, you're still a phone call away from being hot again."

There was another pause, before her face and voice brightened again.

Maybe after that we can find a place and settle down there-just like pioneers," she added, her voice brightening.

Stern sounded dubious about Marsali's reception of this news, but then his voice brightened.