But Bill said a shorter word.

"And which one of my--" "And it was right after that," Mary V went on calmly, "that you found your man at Sinkhole talking with a very bad cold.

The second night, I--I was curious.

And so after you had called him up, I called him.

I had to wait a few minutes, as though he had to come into the house to answer.
And _I_ knew perfectly well that it was not Johnny speaking.