Sometimes I wonder myself, little mistress," he replied, in complete seriousness, "and the same thought occurred to me last night.

It is also quite possible, even probable, that the suggestion was not made in complete seriousness.

He was still smiling, but with complete seriousness behind his eyes, and she realized suddenly that this wasn't a whim.

"I'd probably have been dead by morning," the officer answered with complete seriousness.

"Green would be wrong," he said with complete seriousness.

That made him smile, though I'd spoken with complete seriousness.

"I believe in witches," he said with complete matter-of-fact seriousness.

The Red Lion's so noisy, nobody'll hear a word,' said Gerald with complete seriousness.

Andre's face wore an uncustomary look of complete seriousness.

So they just proposed the Evil Bit in complete seriousness?