stifled

He stifled, therefore, the feelings of compassion that were rising, composed his features, and sat down, grim and sombre, at his desk.

But beneath this superficial calm there were in the heart of the young man, and perhaps in that of the old man, many repressed desires, many stifled sighs, which found vent when Faria was left alone, and when Edmond returned to his cell.

If he was detected in this and the earth proved too heavy, he would be stifled, and then—so much the better, all would be over.

At last, with a horrible splash, he darted like an arrow into the ice-cold water, and as he did so he uttered a shrill cry, stifled in a moment by his immersion beneath the waves.