Sentence:  Alex suppressed those expressions of relief which offered to prevail in his <WSD>face</WSD> and escape from his throat ; unwarranted they were in any case for , as he stood facing the fille de chambre , his ears were assailed by new sounds from the interior of the shower room . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear