In the tension on the bridge the only sound was a single, patient voice.

"All of that never happened," he tells the coming day in a falsely patient voice.

Tak, whispered a smiling, patient voice far back in his mind.

"Never seek to roll that stone away," said the deep, patient voice gently.

He gazed down at me and spoke in a soft, patient voice.

I don't want to take the risk now," he explained in a soft, patient voice.

A steady, patient voice that left little room for discussion.

His deep, patient voice sounded as if it could continue that hail for quite a while.

"You're trying to play the game by their rules," he explained in a more patient voice.

Sweetheart," he began in an overly patient voice, "I am trying very hard to get used to the way women want to be treated now.