the aura of light surrounding him when shed first seen him might have dissipated after a while , but its brightness persisted in his every trait : in the ardour of his hugging , the startling warmth his small body gave off as hed nestled against her bososm and gone to sleep , in the way he sought her with sudden urgency , craving her endearments and caressses , and most of all in the spark that lit his eyes as he returned her smiles .