Sparhawk asked them in a pained tone.

Putting a hand to its forehead, the creature said, "Ooh," in a pained tone.

"I don't know if I'd go (hat far, Liselle," the little man objected in a pained tone.

"I wish you wouldn't throw that around so much, Garion," Belgarath said in a pained tone.

"I do not know," said the ship in that same bemused, almost pained tone.

"Please don't shout, Garion, " the voice responded in a pained tone.

'No, dear, you must be mistaken,' said Bertha in a pained tone.

"I'm not used to an audience," he explained in pained tones.

"Beldin," I said in a pained tone of voice, "why is that always your first answer to any problem?"

"There is only darkness," she told them, a pained tone in her voice.