"Just that there must be something criminal about a woman so beautiful," he replied archly.

"I am the only Weyrwoman who can speak to any dragon," she replied archly.

"I wouldn't dream of it," he replied archly, "even if my behavioral parameters included dreaming."

Sarah replied archly, referring back to the Shakespeare play.

"Ah, yes, I feign passion very well," he replied archly.

"You're the boss," Hank replied archly, coming to his feet.

"Not until he screamed when you started to eat him," Amdramnar replied archly.

"All men are until they meet the right woman," Joanna replied archly.

"It would have been better," Abernathy replied archly, "if you had thought to warn me that the housekeeper might clean!"

'I'm sure Belinda can help you with that,' the other nurse replied archly.