The day I expounded this theory to Captain Nemo, he answered me coldly:
"Impenetrable reticence," the Count expounded, sententious--and enjoying himself hugely--"isn't possible in the human relations.
These things came about through a fatal resemblance of the river Cooloosa to the Hudson, as set forth and expounded by a Northern tourist.
Early in their engagement Wemyss had expounded his theory to Lucy that there should be the most perfect frankness between lovers, while as for husband and wife there oughtn't to be a corner anywhere about either of them, mind, body, or soul, which couldn't be revealed to the other one.