He was so perfect an instrument for love to play upon that he let it play on and on, and listened in a fever of delight.

How could Grizel have doubted Tommy?
The god of love himself would have sworn that there were a score of arrows in him.

He wanted to tell Elspeth and the others at once that he and Grizel were engaged.

I am glad to remember that it was he who urged this, and Grizel who insisted on its being deferred.

He even pretended to believe that Elspeth would exult in the news; but Grizel smiled at him for saying this to please her.