Mat replied, trotting down the steps as if he had not a care in the world.

"I did," Mat replied, "and they tried to walk in without paying."

"He didn't say," Mat replied uncomfortably.

"I have none of those things," Mat replied slowly.

"We aren't on a ship," Mat replied.

"Not unless I match it," Mat replied, scooping the dice back into the cup, "without tossing a fourteen or the Dark One's eyes first."

"I spend time with soldiers in taverns, when I can," Mat replied sourly.

"Always," Mat replied sourly, and grunted when a knee caught his aching hip.

"Noal here can tell you what happened better than I can," Mat replied, pushing his hat back on his head.

"Leave her in the stables," Mat replied.