He smiled placidly as the man from the little room put an eager, whispered question: "Did you read the newspapers?"

In a minute he was entirely calm and smiling placidly.

He smiled placidly as Ong was introduced and the gift acknowledged.

Achilles smiled placidly and silently looked around at the soldiers who had just carried out his rescue.

Smithers smiled placidly at him and crawled in to take his place.

At last her father put down his newspaper and smiled placidly.

The guard smiled placidly and waited to see if Corbett would get sick.

She smiled placidly and reached out and laid a limp hand in Jack's.

"You take a deal of interest in this letter," said Isambard, placidly smiling.

Yet Li kept on smiling placidly at the images of the three project directors on his screen.