This child isn't quite what I expected in a student, she thought wryly.

You can become used to anything if it goes on long, enough, he thought wryly.

All I want is to use them, he thought wryly.

Which was pretty much, he thought wryly, what had actually happened.

And what difference would it make if he did look at me, she thought wryly.

Some of them are no older than me, he thought wryly.

Better to try understanding the sun than a woman, he thought wryly.

It was getting a bit late in the day, she thought wryly.

He thought wryly, do these people think I like this?

And that, he thought wryly, would really make the whole thing even more difficult.