But an audience in denial is an astonishing thing, and the kid holds it for twelve minutes before ending the tale.

Marcos ended the tale in a rush, then looked eagerly at Miller as though seeking praise for the telling.

And she said he always ended the tale by saying how lucky he felt that he had not become a hostage in Iran.

During their transplant saga I nearly donated a kidney myself to end the turgid tale.

Asturias even ends the tale with the final sentence: and the conversation ended.

To end the tale before Han's enemy had itself met its fate would be to leave the reader unsatisfied.

To end the tale before Han's ally had fallen would be to leave the reader with an incomplete picture.

You see, it's a piece of music that ends the tale for me.

In particular, the final sentence ends the tale with a succession of short (for James) but telling phrases:

Here ends the tale of my report.