“Such is the appeal of melodrama, heightened in this case by a collection of shakingly rousing songs.”

“It was then she had wept, shakingly, in a vast impatience with herself for trying to reason.”

“And with one hand she felt along up his coat till she reached his face, and shakingly tried to brush away its tears.”

“The maid stood up shakily and tottered down the long dark corridor, towards the nursery.”

“Upon extinguishing her last hope, she shuddered with pain, either inside or out, and rose shakily to her feet.”

“He hands the glossy thing to me and I shakily accept it like a sad surrender.”