It may be the cherries, hovering discreetly over the proceedings, or the nature of the dance that give the section its title.

A nervous apprentice hovered discreetly behind them, carrying their various sacks.

Agatha Hempstead hovered discreetly, ready to whisper a name into the ambassador's ear yet far enough away that she was not a party to his conversations.

Hovering more discreetly, or represented by spies, were the consuls of client cities, who had the most at stake.

Zana hovered discreetly in the distance.

One of the medical staff had been hovering discreetly out of range of the conversation between the captain and his chief medical officer.

Half a dozen uniformed men hovered discreetly in the background.

The restaurant was quiet as a temple, except for Muzak which hovered discreetly at their shoulders.

Hovering discreetly at tableside, the quintessential Russian Tea Room waiter piped up with: "Aha!

'Just coffee,' he told the discreetly hovering waiter.