Was Lucille happy with you ?" "Absolutely.

I am sure of it." "Then your first assumption must be correct," she declared.

"You cannot explain things to me, so I cannot help you even with my advice.

I am sorry." He turned his head towards her and regarded her critically, as though making some test of her sincerity.
"Helene," he said gravely, "it is for your own sake that I do not explain further, that I do not make things clearer to you.

Only I wanted you to understand why I once more set foot in Europe.