He repeated slowly to himself what he had just been taught.

"Three of my children have died," Ching repeated slowly, "and now you will die."

He paused for a moment, and then, raising his voice, repeated slowly the words: "Which were extinct before the coming of man."

Simon gave him his home number which Charles repeated slowly, as if he were writing it down.

"The girl what got killed last night," she repeated slowly.

"A white bird," she repeated slowly, her voice full of awe.

"I do not want this to be an issue in the November election," he said, and then repeated the sentence slowly for emphasis.

"I could see it in her eyes," she repeated slowly.

"Fifteen minutes," he repeated slowly, as if this were too good to be true.

He repeated slowly, "The most powerful man in the world."