Single men, though they may be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust, yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hardhearted, because their tenderness is not so oft called upon.
Davos eyed the stranger warily. The " please" confused him. Men about to lose their heads and hands were not oft accorded such courtesies. " Who are you" ?
" Hostage" ? The word raised Catelyn's hackles. Hostages were oft exchanged. " Lord Bolton, I hope you are not suggesting that we free the man who killed my sons" .
At the old, old clock oft wonders Nell, For she can't make out what it has to tell; She has ne'er yet read, in prose or rhyme, That it marks the silent course of time.
" Stronger. She may yet outlive us all. She will certainly outlive you, if you persist in this folly. She eats more than she did when she first came here, and oft sleeps through the night" .
" As oft he did, " Lord Nestor said. " The man was craven, but the favor Lady Lysa showed him made him insolent. She dressed him like a lord, gave him gold rings and a moonstone belt" .
" You are, " Sam agreed, " but Cotter Pyke might serve. It's said he has oft proved himself in battle" . He did not mean to offend Ser Denys by praising his rival, but how else could he convince him to withdraw?