hush

A petrol station attendant told the BBC in a hushed voice that ordinary people didn't want the country to slide into civil war.

The enthralled hush at the La Jolla Playhouse matinee I attended was engulfing.

The men all speak in hushed voices and work quickly.

When they arrive at work in the Country Mart, its to a quaint shopping center hushed by the absence of visitors.

However, the 50-year-old's troubled personal life used to be discussed in hushed tones - that is until he filed divorce papers in December.