He seemed choked in fright.

They were both trembling.

Rachel stood up and went.
Her head was cold, her knees shaking, and the physical pain of the emotion was so great that she could only keep herself moving above the great leaps of her heart.

She leant upon the rail of the ship, and gradually ceased to feel, for a chill of body and mind crept over her.
Far out between the waves little black and white sea-birds were riding.
Rising and falling with smooth and graceful movements in the hollows of the waves they seemed singularly detached and unconcerned.
"You're peaceful," she said.

She became peaceful too, at the same time possessed with a strange exultation.