"No," Jane answered, surprised by the strength of her voice.

"So he turned to you," she said, surprised by the strength of her voice when she found it.

Augustus was notorious all over Texas for the strength of his voice.

He was surprised by the strength of his own voice.

"I won't be coming back," she announced firmly, surprised at the strength of her voice.

A greater surprise was the strength of his voice and his message.

She looked up, the strength of his voice, its utter conviction, surprising her.

The strength of her voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Stay where you are," he bellowed, surprising himself with the strength of his voice.

Part of it, he knew, was the increase in the strength of the ancestor's voice.