The general reaction in St . Gallen Mr. Malik said, has been, in Swiss fashion, rather deep, yet discreet.
There are eight suites in a building attached to the original 18th-century inn, each with a bed on the ground floor and a sitting area above, filled with sofas and snowdrift-deep carpets, furnished in a discreet sepia-washed plaid rather than the full frontal tartan favoured by most posh Caledonian hotels.
These are a series of sleek caves as big and somber as cathedrals — spectacular rooms tucked deep inside the hill and hidden behind discreet doors.
Professor Smith said, "Buried deep within it all is a continuing, albeit discreet, concern on the part of opinion leaders, real or imagined, about Bush's capacity".
There's a handful of other people in the looming, 600-square-metre space, most so deep in conversation they have not noticed the discreet downward slide of fabric and the abrupt revelation of a pair of pale buttocks.
While she is quiet and discreet, he will tell strangers his deepest secrets within 10 minutes of saying hello.
In humans a BIS score of 100 means a completely conscious (alert) patient, a score of 70 means a discreet consciousness, and numerical values of 60, 40, and 0 correspond to moderate, deep and very deep hypnosis [ 21, 22].
It can be expressed in many colours, from discreet decency to overwhelming altruism, subtle grace to deepest tenderness.
If your shoes are a deep, saturated color, you might want to test the stain remover on a discreet part of the shoes (like inside the tongue) before applying it to the outside.
So, imagine the deep personal embarrassment you'd feel if your class were a flop, especially having experienced firsthand the discreet grumbling among your fellow demonstrators when other people's practicals have not quite turned out according to plan.
Binet manages it all with beautiful lucidity, and by the time you reach the book's devastating finale, it's this discreet storytelling mastery, rather than the more grabby po-mo flourishes, that leaves the deepest impression.
