"You have no idea what that was like," she continued in a taut, tremulous voice.

"Get up at once," she said in a taut voice.

Gabriel's voice, taut with pain, spoke to her from the shadows.

"I can't describe in words how frustrated I've been," she said, her voice even but taut.

The boy's voice, taut with rage, broke into his thoughts.

"We heard a gunshot," John says in a taut voice.

Her voice taut, she said, "But your people have already abandoned you.

"We never had time for proper pictures," he answered in a taut voice.

Ken stood away from the wall suddenly, his voice taut and urgent.

"Don't look at me that way," he warned, his voice deep and taut.