His smile fell from his face and he stood up.
She looked up, the hood falling back from her ashen face.
Color fell from the fat man's face and he took two quick steps backward.
Hot drops of water had fallen from her face to his.
Then, the hand fell from his face, swallowed up by the darkness surrounding him.
She stood bent over like an old woman, one arm on the counter, the blanket falling from her face to the floor.
The tension fell from his face, and he smiled.
He had been smiling but now the smile fell from his face in a moment.
When the door had finally closed behind the two men, the mask fell from Chauvelin's face.
The grin had fallen from his face in a moment.