I stood in the middle of the room, thinking furiously.

They were both thinking furiously, but there was nothing more to say.

There has to be another way out, he thought furiously.

He brought his eye close and read the message again, thinking furiously.

Somewhere, out there, he knew his daughter was thinking furiously.

And it would serve him right too, she thought furiously.

He kept right on thinking furiously all the next day.

He has no right to expect it, she thought furiously.

So everyone else was now thinking furiously about what that meant.

And she thought furiously: Why don't they bring someone here to keep him company?