| 1 | Whatever you do, don't cower, stammer or apologize. | |
| 2 | Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate. | |
| 3 | "I have to finish this, " she muttered to the picture, her voice faltering. | |
| 4 | She politely hummed and hawed and, after a lot of prompting, said she didn't like the haphazard way I arranged the food in the fridge. | |
| 5 | He left her under some pretext, and went into the garden, and she saw him examining the gate with great attention. |