The words tore at him, but he hardened his heart.

"Fire in there," he said, his words torn away by the wind.

She felt as if his words were tearing her apart inside.

Those two words can tear people and families apart.

And oh, for all the words tore her heart in two, they had to be said.

She couldn't say any more, not when each word tore a visible wound in Sara.

A word from me and they'll tear you and your men to pieces.

The words, even as she said them, knew them for the truth, tore at her.

Now she spoke softly, the words torn out of her.

Harry felt that one word from this fellow and the crowd would tear him apart.