had been meanwhile -- since the previous afternoon , thanks to this happier device -- such a consciousness of personal freedom as he had n't known for years ; such a deep tastetasteof change and of having above all for the moment nobody and nothing to consider , as promised already , if headlong hope were not too foolish , to colour his adventureadventurewith cool success .
It was some utter nonsense ; some adventureadventureout there in the water , and they both triedtryto relate it at once .
They chattedchatincessantly : about the things around them ; their amusing adventureadventureout in the water -- it had again assumedassumeits entertaining aspect ; about the wind , the trees , the people who had gone to the Cheniere ; about the children playing croquetcroquetunder the oaks , and the Farival twins , who were now performingperformthe overture to “ The Poet and the Peasant . ”