Philip Hart writes:
"There!" said Sethra, suddenly.
"Vlad!" said Sethra sharply...
"_Left_!" said Loiosh...
In the first sentence I'll grant you the exclam. if you drop the
",suddenly". In the second I think you could do with just the "sharply".
In the last I think having Loiosh "say" something is weird but the exclam.
is needed.
I humbly posit that you are being an overly sensitive nerd.
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