She turned to him with a slight jolt, but answered evenly, "He is not here yet."

Galt took a moment to glance at him, then answered evenly, "I have not decided it yet."

"Yes," she answered evenly, as if it were a perfectly normal thing to do.

I answered evenly, though I didn't know where the question was leading.

"I haven't made up my mind about you yet," she answered evenly.

"And I won't give you a full report either," she answered evenly with a yawn.

I'm moving my search closer to the center of the boneyard," he answered evenly.

"You are certainly free to do so," Nihko answered evenly.

Clearly his anger was rising, but he answered evenly.

"That will be none of your business, I am thinking," he answered evenly.