Possible Clues:

• You might have got let off lightly for under one pound
• Soothed - assuaged
• Allievated
• Departed, leaving last month, and relaxed
• In the meantime a sedative gave relief
• Made less stressful or difficult
• The way one got a seed gently in
• Made less difficult, relieved
• Some take a sedative to get soothed
• Took it gently with a seed