"I'm sure you will," she replied in a soothing voice, and privately hoped that she was right.

They were older, different people today, and she privately hoped they would remain together.

He privately hoped Bob would stay back and remain out of the situation long enough for him to find out precisely what was going on.

And some may privately hope that access will later gain them influence.

Despite all the complaining, though, the dwarf king privately hoped that he might find some satisfaction in seeing Entreri's broken body.

But he privately hoped the symbol didn't forecast the thing going down in flames.

I hoped privately that this would be the case, for I could ask no better support than hers.

Phule privately hoped that it could continue on the same scale.

He privately hoped that she would never return to her World of Two Moons.

But people on both sides privately hope there are no more test cases.