There was something so eminently sober and clear-headed about him, his common sense and soundness of vision were so unvarying, that without him Tuppence felt much like a rudderless ship.
Without his steadiness, Tuppence felt lost.
Tuppence was independent, and did not need anyone to lean on.
There is no referee  in this hockey game.
A couple of men are outdoors.
The adults are in the middle of the ocean.
The woman is putting on makeup.
A person on a cliff face.
Why exempt the mechanism that has a 3-9 correspondence?