Darryl had just received the most amazing piece of news.  

It was a huge surprise!  It was such a surprise that Darryl  went into a state of shock.

1.

Darryl felt like all the moisture in his throat had suddenly evaporated and that the effort of speaking might make his voice box crack and crumble ...

 2.

He also thought it was a very inconvenient time for the water in his body to dry up because ...

3.

Darryl was now aware that there was a fire raging in the vicinity of where a stomach ulcer might be.

4.

In fact Darryl now felt sure that this enormous surprise had instantly given him the stomach ulcer a man in his position deserved.