I thought you would never talk in this way." "I didn't mean to," said Hilliard.

"I have lost control of myself, that's all.

But you can say whatever you meant to say--just as you would have done at the restaurant.

I'm the same man I was then." Eve moved a few steps, but he did not follow her, and she returned.

A policeman passing threw a glance at them.
"It's no use asking what I meant to ask," she said, with her eyes on the ground.