I will call you Robert, if you like." She reached her hand forth.
"That's right," he said, taking it with a show of heartiness: "that's a beginning, I suppose." She shrank a little in his sensitive touch, and he added: "Oh never fear.

I've spoken out, and don't do the thing too often.

Now you know me, that's enough.

I trust you, so trust me.

I'll talk to your father.
I've got a dad of my own, who isn't so easily managed.