He had quite forgotten the country accent, and talked in a pleasant, well-bred voice, with only the faintest trace, like Alderic's, of a lowland accent.

"Good afternoon," she said in a loud, well-bred voice.

She bent her head graciously, accepted the chair that Poirot drew forward and spoke in a low, well-bred voice.

Complaints with much braying of well-bred voices, I expect, Charles.

There was that confident murmur of well-bred voices which Julia was beginning to associate with a certain sort of English gathering.

Two minutes later she said in a hearty, well-bred voice, "Ah, there we are.

The air was filled with the buzzing of well-bred voices that emanated from handsome senior citizens who were seated about the room.

Miss Blacklock spoke in a pleasant well-bred voice.

Once more her rustic accent did not conceal an im- perious and well-bred voice.

Her well-bred voice retained its rounded tones, but the pitch was shriller, the tempo faster, carrying through the glass with no difficulty.