If an operatic heroine tells her turbulent emotions to quieten when the action's only five seconds old, you know you're in for an eventful ride.

But such placid facades hide turbulent emotions for which her characters are ill-prepared.

Across the region the minutiae of heraldry still trigger turbulent emotions.

They are believers in rules and devotees of order, people scared of the random dangers of the world and even more frightened of their own turbulent emotions.