Nearby, Waterstone was staying determinedly in focus, clearly resisting a battering of silent questions.
For a woman who determinedly thought the best of her husband and tried to ignore his business associates and activities, Helena appeared mighty worried for her new pal.
Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and watched as Regan strode determinedly over to her son.
Again, and yet again, White Fang sprang in, slashed, and got away untouched, and still his strange foe followed after him, without too great haste, not slowly, but deliberately and determinedly, in a businesslike sort of way.
It moved around the docks, around the quays, around giant ships and sailboats, passed the cliffs and small islands, until it left our port completely and turned determinedly into the giant waves of the deep ocean and disappeared into a stormy sunset.
When he could no longer endure, he would get up and stalk determinedly away from them.
