"Then we seek still," the wiry man intoned.

"You will be gone in an hour," the man intoned toward the youth who lay bruised and bloody on the gravel of the yard.

"It was quite far to the north, dear boy, quite far," the fat man intoned gravely.

"I will tell you why," intoned the old man softly.

"Business is business," intoned the second old man.

The man always intoned, and even on horseback he seemed to strut.

"Some of the things in this room are mine," the big man intoned, sounding quite satisfied.

"It's really none of your business," intoned a thin, pale man.

"Good riddance," shouted another, while a man shook his head slowly, and intoned, as if in a daze, "It doesn't make any sense."

An old man was intoning a prayer.