Then he talked some more in the same inaudible whisper.

After what seemed a long time, but was in fact only seconds, an almost inaudible whisper issued into the room.

And just to ensure that even this small group wouldn't understand a word, Qaddafi spoke in an almost inaudible whisper.

He glanced at the painting of his dead father, mouthed an almost inaudible whisper.

The last word was a flinty whisper, all but inaudible.

"Half an hour to work," came the almost inaudible whisper.

Then, in a nearly inaudible whisper, she said, "Not watch.

The answer he was praying for came as a nearly inaudible whisper.

For several long minutes he lay as one dead, then in an almost inaudible whisper he spoke.

"Here is something different," he added in an almost inaudible whisper, pointing to the view screen.