Jenny asked him after a short silence.

Talia asked after a lengthy silence, her face drawn with exhaustion.

She would ask suddenly, after a silence: "it will be all right, Petey?

I asked her after a long silence.

"Do you suppose," Simeon asked after a brief silence, "they might be starting to make up names for us, too?"

But it succeeded, and she asked, after a silence: 'Is he married?'

Cyl asked after a lengthy silence, one eyebrow raised.

The young man asked but two questions, each after a long silence.

I asked her, after a long silence, when it began to be awkward to remain mute any longer.

Urtho asked after a long silence, briskly changing the subject.