"I'd hope no one would want to kill me," Kharl replied ruefully.

"Well," the young king replied ruefully, "not this chamber of it, at least."

"It's a good thing I've got you for a counselor," she replied ruefully.

"Perhaps we should have, as well," Jane replied ruefully.

"I seem to be making a mess of this," the man replied ruefully.

"Nothing but a face full of mud," he replied ruefully.

I did not answer," the stranger replied ruefully, "because that name above all others has become bitter to me.

"In a way it was our fault," Joe replied ruefully.

"Unfortunately everyone's had a shot at freeing him, and now his neck is a lot more swollen that it was," Jack replied ruefully.

"I would much prefer ham and eggs," he replied ruefully.