It was his generous desire to please and to appear opulent of knowledge and sympathy that made him speak.

He knew what would please Adrienne, so why not give her at least a delicious foretaste?
Surely, when a thing was so cheap, one need not be so parsimonious as to withhold a mere anticipation.

He was off before the girls could press him into details, for indeed he had none.
"There now, what did I tell you ?" cried Alice, when the big man was gone.

"I told you Rene would come.

They always come back!" Father Beret came in a little later.