In fact, as the great challenge of the conference drew nearer, an astonishing change seemed to come over my father. It was almost as though some supernatural force possessed him, causing him to shed twenty years.
there were not one but several such figures pushing trolleys about the corridors of Darlington Hall
His face lost much of the sunken look of recent times and he went about his work with such youthful vigour that a stranger might have believed there were not one but several such figures pushing trolleys about the corridors of Darlington Hall.
In fact, as the great challenge of the conference drew nearer, an astonishing change seemed to come over my father. It was almost as though some supernatural force possessed him, causing him to shed twenty years.</s>His face lost much of the sunken look of recent times and he went about his work with such youthful vigour that a stranger might have believed there were not one but several such figures pushing trolleys about the corridors of Darlington Hall.</s>there were not one but several such figures pushing trolleys about the corridors of Darlington Hall