The driver of the car would probably have dodged the youngster anyway.

I acted on the impulse of the moment, without thinking.

I'm always doing something unnecessarily foolish, you know." "The driver of the car would more likely have dodged into the child," she returned warmly.

"And it was fortunate that some one in all that stupid crowd could act without taking time to think.

Everybody says so.
The dear old Dean is as pleased and proud as though you were one of his own sons." "Really, you make too much of it," he returned, clearly embarrassed by her praise.