She had questioned him, suggesting and even prompting his artless revelations.

The boy needed no suggestions.

He was quick-witted and keen-eyed.

Admiring Marteau extravagantly and devotedly as he did, he could not conceive how any one could fail to share his feelings.

He told the hungry-hearted woman the story of their lives since they had been captured together at Arcis.
Reticent at first, Marteau had finally made a confidant of the lad, who had shown himself sympathetic, discreet, adoring.