'It was a ridiculous request, Aphrael.'
For certain, it was a ridiculous request - even if you ignore the Lyme fatigue that kept me in bed many days.
Take, for example, the ridiculous request of this man Wells, at Alkali Basin.
He too felt the immediate urge to disobey the captain, especially on such a ridiculous request.
"Then why do you make such a ridiculous request?"
Still, it would be a good idea to obey this ridiculous request: he was already in disfavor sunwards, through no fault of his own.
I know it's kind of a ridiculous request, since the book's been out for 50 years, but.
An absolutely ridiculous request.
"It was a ridiculous request," she said.
That's the most ridiculous request I've ever had.