Always the mother hen, the captain mused silently as he moved across the office of the first minister.

You plan to use us, he mused silently.

Here, he mused silently, this was where the man's life had been taken from him!

"Ah," he mused silently, remembering why he was sent for her.

Take the army out of the picture though, she mused silently, and things might change.

It had been that way in her work, too, she mused silently.

If only these moments could happen more often, he mused silently to himself.

You would think, she mused silently, that after three days he would have forgotten about it.

Locklear mused silently on their predicament for long minutes.

Being in love, she mused silently while they sang the last hymn, was an uncomfortable business.