I was truly startled.

To the Editor: I was truly startled by the closing paragraphs of the essay on the Kennedy assassination books by Stephen E. Ambrose.

For the first time Peter was truly startled.

Her face was so clear and direct, the features arranged as they might have been by a simpering cameo-carver who saw perfection in the face of disorder, I was truly startled.

Tanis was truly startled by the pallor of the mage's metallic gold skin and the feverish luster of his strange eyes.

She must have been truly startled to show so much, but she took the letter and held it where the lantern's light illuminated it.

Hay was truly startled.