"Sometimes what I want also. Sometimes I also am very clever. When I want a thing. But generally I don't want it."
"You did the other day."
He laughed:
"Yes! You were cleverer than I then. To morrow perhaps I shall be cleverer than you."
"Who knows!"
They both laughed. He nibbled the chocolates in the dish, one after the other, and asked if he might have a glass of port instead of tea. She poured him out a glass.
"May I give you something?"
"What?"
"A souvenir of our first acquaintance."
"It is very charming of you. What is it to be?"