"This conversation is going nowhere," she stated testily.
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Testily
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She responded testily that the mistake wasn't hers to correct.
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[…]thinking it urgent to say something, I asked him presently if he felt any cold draught from the door, which was behind him. "No, no!" he responded shortly and somewhat testily.
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`We have been looking for a mystery, and we certainly seem to have found one.' `What do I make of it? Why, that your poor dear father was off his head, of course,' I answered, testily.
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