Possible Clues:

• Surrounded by feelings of dread, doctor is brought in
• Beset by apprehension, little Maureen is trapped
• Dread keeping little girl in
• Included in the sense of anxiety surrounding doctor
• Within the group of
• Surrounded by general anxiety, getting doctor in
• Located in the center
• There is great anxiety about the doctor who is not an outsider
• In the thick of
• By the end of the morning the tongs have got broken in the middle