Their worn complexions, dirt-grained collars and creased jumble-sale suits spoke of late-hour, long-drinking nights and blank stumbles into unmade beds.
Residents of impoverished communities speak of late-night raids by the "intervention unit" following street protests against corrupt local governments that fail to meet basic needs for water, sanitation and electricity.
Sumire's father hardly ever spoke of his late wife.
In addition to the biting incidents, many former inmates spoke of surprise late-night inspections, or what officials here call "shakedowns".
There were a few pretty sunsets — one in Minnesota, one in Wyoming — that spoke of a late-day solitary melancholy.
Later that morning, Mr. Fischer strolled through 20 Bayard, a 78-unit condo with a facade ribbed with aluminum bay windows, and spoke of his latest work, 568 Union, now rising on a lot that can be seen through No. 20's tall lobby windows.
More specifically, I would mention that an influential book published in the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall spoke of a late-20th century "Leninist extinction," and then try to explain why, in spite of this, we find ourselves more than a decade into the 21st century with China still governed by a tightly disciplined Communist Party of the sort associated with Lenin.
Music producer Kerry Brown spoke of forgiving his late father for never being around when Brown was growing up.
He spoke of those things late in the summer at the prompting of his daughter ― after a year of saying almost nothing on the subjects.
He spoke of golf, the latest cricket test matches, and other topics that should have been of interest to his visitor.
It may seem absurd to speak of a late period for an artist who died so young.
