The King had said he would like to be present.

King said much the same thing in his last book.

The king looked up at their approach, but said nothing.

King said he would think about it and call back.

That was not what a King would say to another on his own ground.

Go away and think, the king had said, but could there be any question what he should do?

The king said nothing about your friends, of whom I do not think he has ever heard any more than we have.

He started to stand, but King said something that stopped him.

Let's close the books on that right now, King said.

King said, as he came into the living room with a coffee cup in his hand.