trepidity

His cool trepidity gave new courage to the colonel, who exclaimed, as he urged the others to renewed exertions,— "If we must be blown up, we will all go together."

Here he paused, astonished at his own trepidity, and also in fear lest his aristocratic customers should be offended.

None of them were very large or very striking in colour, but they made up for this in animation; and their fearful trepidity and hurry to get anywhere out of sight was wonderful.