It is true that I was not a conspirator, but I might have found it difficult to prove it.

So inconsistent did such conduct seem in this little yellow flint-stone of a man that, after walking a mile or two in silence, I asked him suddenly what the meaning of it might be.
I heard a dry chuckle in the darkness, as if he were amused by the abruptness and directness of my question.
'You are a most amusing person, Monsieur--Monsieur--let me see, what did you say your name was ?' 'De Laval.' 'Ah, quite so, Monsieur de Laval.

You have the impetuosity and the ingenuousness of youth.

You want to know what is up a chimney, you jump up the chimney.

You want to know the reason of a thing, and you blurt out a question.