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

"It is mine by right," he muttered each time, with his hand trembling just short of the figure.

He was furious and went straight off to see the man, muttering with rage.

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

"You were near death at that moment, friend," he muttered with a smile.

Then he began to mutter and make passes in the air with his hands.

"Roger on the river level," the sergeant major muttered with his lips alone.

"A woman does learn a thing or two in the course of a working life," she muttered with satisfaction.

'All right,' she muttered at last, with very poor grace.

He heard the crowd behind him begin to mutter and murmur with concern.