A muffled voice startled them both. her?" They pulled away. In the ballroom windows, noses and hands pressed against the glass, were the girls. They stood among the prickly rosebushes, beaming wicked little grins. Delphinium and Eve whispered and giggled to each other; Bramble wore a magnificent grin on her face and a spark of light in her yellow-green eyes. Another figure stood among them. This one had his arms folded across his chest, stiff and firm and formal... Yet he did not look displeased. Heather Dixon
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The speaker of this short story is trying to describe a man standing in the ballroom. The word "muffled" is used to describe his voice because it is hard to hear and understand what he is saying. He does not want the young women in the room to notice him so he appears as if he does not exist, other than for the few girls who know him. He does not want them to see him but they do and through the window they can see him standing there, arms folded across his chest. The speaker wants them to know how lavish and grand the ballroom was and that there was something special about the man standing in it.

Source: Entwined

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