"No, don't be polite! You are the one person who can tell me the truth."
"But you know that my position is peculiarly delicate."
"I know it. But I know, too, that it has no effect on the sincerity of your judgment."
"Thanks!" said he.
She continued:
"You think that we are mistaken, Roger and I?"
"I think that you are deceiving yourselves."
She bowed her head. Then she said:
"I think so too."
Marcel did not respond. He continued to look at her and smile.