The rector was dumfounded, knowing the humble footing Martha had held in the house, and could think of nothing cleverer to say than, "To whom, your excellency?" which was not cleaver at all.英文原著 · 《An Old Town By The Sea》
CLEAVER. [Rising] You say that on the morning of the forgery the prisoner was jumpy. Well, now, sir, what precisely do you mean by that word?英文原著 · 《Justice》
CLEAVER. Thank you; I was coming to his eyes. You called them "funny." What are we to understand by that? Strange, or what?英文原著 · 《Justice》
CLEAVER. Very well! Now you say he had his collar unbuttoned? Was it a hot day?英文原著 · 《Justice》
CLEAVER. And did he button it when you called his attention to it?英文原著 · 《Justice》
CLEAVER. [In a considerate voice] When you left him on the morning of Friday the 7th you would not say that he was out of his mind, I suppose?英文原著 · 《Justice》