'Thank you, Your Honor,' said Duncan, already on his feet Briefly he searched the audience.

"Thank you, Your Honor," she said to Towle, but never took her eyes off Megan.

"Thank you, Your Honor," I said through my tears.

He said, "Since I shall not have the power afterward, let me now thank Your Honor for the greatest of favors."

After the ruling was delivered, Sutton said "Thank you, your Honor.

"Thank you, Your Honor," the old harridan said.

"Thank you, Your Honor," Jake said as he smiled at Buckley.

"Thank you, Your Honor," Jake said properly, as if Noose had done him a favor.

"Thank you, Your Honor," said one of them; the others, however, seemed to know they had just been insulted.

"Thank you, Your Honor," she said softly to the man who'd ordered her son to jail.