Ihre mechanisch gegebeneAntwort brachte Licht in die Sache.
Her answer, given mechanically, threw a light upon the situation.
Nun kannte er also die Antwort auf die Frage, die Jeannie ihm aufgetragen hatte, und die mit festem Blick gegebeneAntwort lautete: Nein, habe ich nicht.
So now he had the answer to the question Jeannie had told him to ask, and the answer, given with unwavering eye contact, was I did not.
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