“Something in the Way”
“There was something in the way the speaker presented these words that strongly and positively affected Hannah. They seemed to be wrapped in the softest of velvets, deep blue velvet, in fact. Not that her intonation was especially soft and velvety. No, it wasn’t that. But the words sounded as if they were being presented to their recipient on a cushion of the softest-napped of almost violet-blue velvets. Hannah heard the words, but she also noticed something more meaningful, something supporting the words that pleased her very much.” (from “Enlightened Relations: The Life in a Day”)