It would sound fulsome." "Oh, please don't!" she said lightly.

"And you, Max, what did you come for ?" He seated himself in the chair which Olga had vacated.

"I thought it was time someone came to look after you," he said.
"How inane! You don't pretend to be musical, I hope ?" He leaned back, directly facing her.

"No," he said.

"I don't pretend." "Never ?" she said.
He smiled in his own enigmatical fashion.