A uniformed nurse came into the room, hesitated at the door on seeing Turner, and went out again.

The nurse hesitated, then turned reluctantly to look at me.

It had come from, she thought, her right . . . The nurse hesitated, thinking, considering.

I The nurse hesitated, then nodded, bowed, and departed, leaving Mara staring at the baby, who had begun to stir in his crib.

The nurse hesitated, just slightly, but enough to swamp Sam with dread.

The nurse hesitated only a moment before nodding.

The nurse hesitated, and looked irresolute.

The nurse hesitated, then told me to hold on, and after a while Peter came on the line.

The nurse hesitated, then she spoke.

"Now," she insisted when the nurse hesitated.