His voice resumed the impenetrable gentleness of a man who had lost too much.

"The door is about two-thirds open," a breathless voice resumed.

She paused a moment, as if awaiting comment, but there was none, and her voice resumed.

As she walked along it, the voice resumed, causing her to stop.

Then the tiny voices resumed, directing them across an open space, toward the far end of the valley.

When the voice resumed, it had a new, resentful tone.

"He say another name," resumed the voice of Little Flower.

"You will be taken immediately to a hotel," resumed the voice.

Her voice, lower and more rasping than he had ever heard, resumed.

"This new face was much better than the yellow one," the voice resumed.