The Emir said a few abrupt words to the dragoman, and left.

There was a shocked silence as he absorbed her abrupt words.

Keene's first abrupt words in part reassured him.

The dockmaster's abrupt words brought Yavtar back to the present, and he lifted his eyes to the wharf.

Since Hal told him, in a few, rather abrupt words, her story, he had scarcely looked at her.

They had sunk on their knees together when three warriors entered the hut and said a few abrupt words to their country-woman.

"Then what the devil just happened?" His jaw clenched at Jane's startled expression and he belatedly wished he could recall his abrupt words.