"You are not the authorities," he said with a hint of a question.

He said this with just a hint of something deeper behind it.

Then she said again with just a hint of panic, "I will not wait."

"You are three minutes early," she said with a hint of approval.

He liked the way she said his name, with just a hint of spit in it.

For the first time since she'd met him, he said her title with a hint of respect, and she nodded back.

That last said with a hint of contempt in the voice.

He'd been up late the night before, he said with a hint of pain, "meeting the wealthy."

"They want to get into town quickly," he said with a hint of sadness.

I've been there before, Hunter seemed to say to him with a hint of a smile.