It rang so stupidly true.

The fragile creature's air was so pathetic.

She opened her purse.
"Will a hundred francs be of any use to you ?" she asked in her schoolgirl French.
"Oh, Madame!" "And I, too, will give a hundred to the baby," said Septimus.

"I like babies and I've also had the measles." He opened his pocketbook.
"Oh, Monsieur," said the man.

"How can I ever be sufficiently grateful ?" He held out his hand for the note, when something hit him violently in the back.