The lieutenant's surly voice mirrored the rebellion in his dark eyes.

"No human can fight against the powers of magic," returned the King in a surly voice.

"I've done more than my share of work," he said, in a surly voice.

"His father lay in state for a full week," a surly voice said from the left side of the room.

"I will not have him questioned," declared the King in a surly voice.

And Roger, though in a somewhat surly voice, said the like.

He could imagine the sleepy, surly voice that finally answered.

Be damned if I will, the surly voice said.

An unexpected rush of relief came with hearing the surly voice.

"First I must get leave from my lord your father," said the woman in a surly voice.