His deep, resonant voice was gentle, and she looked at him with a fragile smile that vanished almost instantly.

But the fragile smile vanished even more quickly than it had come, and she looked at the Marine.

Colette awoke, opened her eyes, attempted a fragile smile.

Worry twitched into a fragile smile, and she offered one hand to be shaken even though it was doing a fine job of shaking itself.

After a moment a fragile smile eased her appearance.

Her smile soft and oddly fragile, she placed her hand in his.

She paused, then smiled, a fragile smile but not without pleasure.

But the smile, fragile enough to begin with, vanished.

The pretty, fragile smile went brittle, and her gaze cut to her friend, Father Tom.

A smile, fragile and ever so slight, turned up the edges of Michelle's mouth.