"Oh, there was plenty unusual that night," she said, to my surprise.

"I can accept that," he said to Decker's great surprise.

He said, to the woman's surprise, "You're absolutely right," and went toward the indicated tent.

"Bring her in," the voice on the phone said quickly, to his surprise.

"I don't really listen to music," he said, later in the day, not to my great surprise.

I want," she said, to her own surprise, "to be married.

"I am your contact here," she said to Charlie's surprise.

He said nothing, rather to my surprise, and left.

She said, to her surprise, that local officials were willing to endorse the idea of a new agency with broad powers.

"Well I don't believe it," she said to his surprise.