The man turned his head and muttered something else, in another language she didn't understand.

The old man was still muttering, but the boy looked a little better.

Then a man came to the king and muttered in his ear.

A man muttered something, though more to himself than out loud.

The men muttered with interest, and the lady looked up at him as though afraid to hope.

"Very fit it should be done," the men muttered one to another.

The man muttered an apology and left the table; the woman followed.

The men were muttering now, but no longer with threats.

The old man turned aside and muttered to himself before he drank.

"Their Prophet wouldn't have sent them if they weren't going to win," a man muttered behind his back.