"Their 'friend' would like an iced tea," Ken answered crisply, looking the waitress straight in the eye.

But he answered crisply, "No, we have had our orders.

"You'll be reassigned, of course," the lieutenant commander answered crisply.

So he answered crisply, Tm sorry about that, Lieutenant.

There are three holding steady in our forward arc," Agnes answered crisply, "with matched velocity.

"No more than others have done," Kemra answered crisply.

A thin, pretty redhead, she answered crisply.

Asked to describe his field of expertise, he answered crisply, "Mankind."

Her eyes darted toward her boss before she crisply answered, "Well, of course we're too busy for that."