If one of these people had told you what they hoped to achieve you would have nodded kindly while quietly thinking to yourself that they had no chance.
After you see your dentist, you vow to do better this time, you stay on it for a few days, maybe, and then let it go again, until your next appointment.
Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of tambourines and harps?
"But the rabbits has et up all the June lily bed, " said Mrs. Lynde sadly, as she waddled downstairs, feeling secretly relieved that there need be no more talk about the moon.