"No thanks," he said, his voice muffled by the food.

His own voice sounded a long way away, and muffled.

Again, the voice called, only slightly muffled by the door.

"I'll report you to your captain," she said, her voice muffled behind his hand.

A voice that he had heard first muffled by a handkerchief.

I want to tell her He blinked again, then turned away, his voice almost muffled against the pillow.

"I'm tired," she said, her voice now muffled by talking at the wall.

She spoke to someone else, her voice muffled, then came back on the line with him.

A man answered her, his voice muffled by the heavy wood door.

Ready, Glenda said, her voice muffled as if she were a long ways away.