Twelve years before, there had been a small flutter of excitement in the loom room of this very mill.

A small flutter of dust fell to the ground in the silence that followed.

Then the movement came again, a small flutter of blackness in the shadow of a long ravine.

A small flutter of guilt entered her mind.

Each unsnapped his bowl and waited while the heart pumped violently and then with a small flutter stopped.

There was a small flutter of answering hands from the pavement and then they were round the corner and away.

As soon as he'd seen the two sleeping figures, Hausner's heart had made a small flutter.

It had been wrong to permit even the smallest flutter of affection for Niou.

The hem of his robe gave a small flutter.

Rex Pebble, on the other side of the door, was in a small flutter of excitement.