She was so anxious that no trace of the tempest that had passed over her should be left for Sally to see in the morning that she got as quickly as possible to bed; and, with a little effort to tranquillise her mind, soon sank into a state of absolute oblivion.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
I would willingly have stopped to try and tranquillise the alarm of Madame La Touche and Sophie, but I could not refuse my friend's request.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
To tranquillise it, his rider was caressing him-as he drew his gloved hand over the smooth skin of the neck, talking to him, as if he had been a comrade, and repeating his name.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid