We did, and received a list of terse, handwritten replies.

"Because I want to make sure no one blows someone else's fool head off while you're on my ship" was the terse reply.

Enthor's terse reply seemed to imply that this was only fair.

"Which is precisely why I wanted the truth to stand" was the terse reply.

Hampton, a picture of intensity even in spring training, had a terse reply: "Just give me the ball."

His terse reply sent a shiver of foreboding down her spine.

He sped back with this reply, short and terse.

"The castle is the mountain" was the terse reply.

"I'm not in the mood for twenty questions," came the terse reply.

"Sometimes it has a phantom pain," came the terse reply.