grimly

And I will keep trying to think of a way, he told himself grimly.

I must be strong for him as well, she thought grimly.

More to the point, he thought grimly, what would they do to him?

Then I looked grimly at the dead girl on the floor.

And now they were back to one of their major problems, she thought a little grimly.

Very soon, he thought grimly, they would be certain the end of the world had come.

But that would make things too easy, she thought grimly.

Or in any other situation, for that matter, she thought grimly.

What was it, he thought grimly, not looking at the other man.

There was one man, however, who had taken the whole case very grimly.

But I knew that almost from the very start,' he said grimly.

Grimly I went up into the full force of the wind again.

He thought grimly that this might very likely have been the case.

If he does, she said to herself grimly, I will stop him.

There was, he thought grimly, only one good thing about all this.

There was only one thing to do, she decided grimly.

He held on grimly until there was nothing else for it.

I like that part of the plan,' said the young man grimly.

Maybe she'll be able to get me out of this, she told herself grimly.

But Michael, on the other side of her, could see and grimly follow.

Not, she thought grimly, that it was going to do them a great deal of good in the long run.

They looked at each other grimly, but no one spoke.

Maybe, I thought grimly, it was a sort of test.

I hope we're still around then to debate that, she thought grimly.

No, she thought grimly, what she'd learned tonight was a much better way.