"He splattered," my mother said in her most matter-of-fact tone.

Hannah announced with a most matter-of-fact surety that she would go to New York and make her way in the world of magazines.

But how often did a man meet someone who showed in the most matter-of-fact way possible that he would not only kill him but enjoy doing it?

Would you believe it, she told me the tale without a tremor, in the most matter-of-fact way.

The statement was uttered in a most matter-of-fact tone.

Also she had a motive for her studies, which one night she revealed to us in the most matter-of-fact fashion.

An hour later, the truth came out - delivered, if I may say so, in the most matter-of-fact way.

Job was a most matter-of-fact specimen of a matter-of-fact class.

But even in the most matter-of-fact and determined plans there was always an element of unreality.

It is essential to the effect of the story that it be told in the most matter-of-fact way.