To this he merely replied that there was "no inconsistency between those two statements."

I was startled but merely replied, 'You know my views.

She laughed, and merely replied that she wanted it for the pot.

The mother asks the boy what had happened and he merely replied, "Hurt mommy."

He merely replied, "Do you think you're up to commanding an entire army?"

The gaoler's wife, being provided with no answer to the question, merely replied, "One must have patience, my dear!"

I was merely replying to your question to the very best of my ability.

She merely replied that I could not do what I said; you understand.

She merely replied with a dull roar, and I terminated her misery by a ball through the head.