And the girl, moreover, had spoken rather coldly of her friend.

She spoke softly of her dead friend, and her voice lingered on the night air.

In time she even began to speak of her dead friend, quite routinely.

He remembered that his parents had been amused when he'd spoken of his friend.

He spoke of "my best friend in the Senate," his voice breaking several times.

"I think you are speaking of your own friend, Barbara Grant?"

I'm speaking of my old friend of the Talamasca because he did know too.

"We got good news today," he said, and once again, tears seemed to well in his eyes as he spoke of his friend.

Willis Reed, his voice cracking, spoke of his "great friend."