With a deft twist of the ulo, she cut off a slice and savored each bite of this, the most nourishing part of the animal. She swaddled his shoulders, applied the suds, sharpened the razor and shaved him with deft strokes, all in five minutes. One was that Kozinski had been killed by a deft or lucky amateur, or maybe a semipro hired by a jealous girlfriend or outraged husband or unpaid plumber or whatever. Life was as savorless as the makeshift food his harassed mother put upon her table, and King was uncertain if the capacity to care for any good woman again was deft in him. Joe Blades for his deft editing, and to Jean Naggar and her associates for all that they do. I consider that your lot have demonstrated wise and deft statecraft through the years and may save us all from a lot of the nonsense attendant on the vanity and, er, lustier side of the Obarskyr monarchs. With one deft movement her hips slipped back and forth, impaling herself securely upon his well-hardened shaft. Its stutter-step around two cardboard tiers of Cape cranberries was discouragingly deft. The Kid sat back against the cushions while Bill Brakey piloted the car with deft skill.Īnd look you, David, if he be not in condition when he cometh home to Utterbol, thou shalt pay for it in one way or other, if not in thine own person, since thou art old, and deft of service, then through those that be dear to thee. Thauglor backbeat his wings once, curled the tips to steer and brake for one last, deft instant, and landed delicately on the great bole, his talons closing with almost fastidious care. His armor gaped open, and, with a deft twist of his wrist, Basse threw the dagger, an underhand motion, a flat trajectory, powerful and true, he had practiced since he was six.