| If you deflect it with humor, you allow the insulter to see how juvenile such commentary can be. |
| Angry, Mike threw the ball in the opposite direction and flashed back a short sentence that gave his opinion about his insulter. |
| But when the cowardly insulter spat in the face of the captive monarch Athos grasped his dagger. |
| In an instant, Sir Richard was upon the lawn without, face to face with his insulter. |
| He seemed to settle back on his heels and from there almost to fly at his insulter. |
| Michael could not see the insult, nor the insulter, but Nicholas saw for him. |
