muttered

"Nothing but a half loaf, and that's dry enough," muttered the stranger.

“Not but what she would have royal example,” muttered Tibble aside.

"He must have stolen it," muttered Halbert, looking after Robert with disappointment and chagrin.

“I hope he will yet give the mounseer a good shaking,” muttered Smallbones.

"A six-foot stave throws a twelve-foot shadow," he muttered.

He held her to him and muttered incoherencies until she gasped.

"The whole Howard lot's a stuck-up set," muttered the farmer.

"If there's anythin' doin', I'm up against it here," he muttered to himself.

"The mare's actin' as if she'd a cup of tea, too," muttered her companion, Ned.

"Ned'll ride Diablo, sure; there's nothin' else to it," he muttered.