Yagharek heard shouts from the cactus people on the ziggurat, a half- familiar tongue.

Lincoln said in the old familiar tongue:

Slowly and dimly as though from a great distance recollection of the once familiar tongue returned to her.

She thought she had never seen more surprise and delight than the dark face expressed when she spoke in the familiar tongue.

That is likely enough, for with the clash of arms again I know I had been thinking in the familiar tongue once more.

The boat cuts through the water quickly; it nears us; again we see white human faces; again we hear human speech in a familiar tongue.

Vychan was touched, indeed, to see how well he was remembered, and the sound of the familiar tongue sent thrills of strange emotion through him.