"He did not ask," Bannor replied stolidly.

"I don't have favorites," Mrs. Gold replied stolidly from the corner of the apartment where she was sitting.

"I knew," the duke replied stolidly.

It was Tonto who replied stolidly, "You not sign."

"It means I ain't gonna do it," Willy replied stolidly.

"All water at this altitude is frozen," Mashid replied stolidly "What do we drink then?"

If his concern had been questioned, he would have replied stolidly: "Well. . . two human beings have been killed.

"Ka," the gunslinger replied stolidly, and turned to the door.

"She is the Mahdoubt," he replied stolidly.

The head porter heard Ross's story with an unmoved expression, and replied stolidly that he hadn't taken notice of any one of the kind.