Tompino, about to start away, ventured one more question that he hoped his chief would answer.

There was a moment's silence, and then the chief answered, his voice low and guttural.

The chief didn't answer the question, at least not literally.

The chief of the servants answered that he did not know.

The aged chief misunderstood the question and answered in the affirmative.

We might go right now, my friend," the chief answered, "but it would not help us much.

The chief did not answer questions but it seemed clear he was trying to pacify the sniper as much as contact him.

No," answered the chief of the police, "it was given to me, with an order for its immediate execution, by his substitute.

"It is not my part to say," answered the chief.

'The chief of the Inner Station,' he answered in a short tone, looking away.