egerius held the thin body in his arms , felt daryush 's head on his shoulder , his face turned away into egerius ' neck as if ashamed , or burrowing like a blind kitten into its mother 's fur ; he was murmuring `` hush , hush '' , and words he knew were nonsense , were nothing to the point , just to say something , anything , over the senseless sound of daryush 's distress .