Setting the now-empty bottle on the floor beside the mirror, a soft belch escaping her as she straightened back up again, she turned her thoughts to her next piece of husband-pleasuring business: She must smell enticing.

"Indeed it does," the duchess agreed, her words punctuated by a soft belch.

She gave a soft belch, and relaxed.

He drew a deep breath, returned the decanter to the sideboard and, after a soft belch that burned his throat, started for the rear hall.

He opened his mouth to speak further, but only a soft belch emerged from it, surprising him.

His mouth opened, though nothing emerged but a soft belch.

Unfazed by the scolding, the little girl blinked sleepily at him and gave a soft belch.

A soft belch bubbled out of him,with a dribble of excess milk, and he subsided against her shoulder like a half-filled water balloon.

There was a soft belch, and he subsided into limpness once more.

Icebones was surrounded by the warm gurgles of the mammoths' bellies, their soft belches and farts.