"You're being very good, darling," Ms. Campbell assured her.
Though it is not very good, "Darling Companion" is not actually unpleasant.
"Mom," E asked, "when is our flight?" "Very soon, darling," Jeremijenko replied, and she ran across the asphalt to get some cash.
And if your pleasure is hands-on involvement with your horse, perhaps only a moderate performer in the greater scheme of things but your very own darling, good for you.
They are still getting their onstage dynamic right: during one show, Ms. Deschanel, dressed in the same flowy gray skirt she later wore to the interview (double-dipping outfits: very indie darling), appeared nervous, barely smiling until nearly the end of the set.
Once, a theater-buff guest gambling an evening on a concert whispered after about 10 minutes: "It's very sweet, darling, but where are the visuals?" Answer: in the opera house, the dance or movie theater, the mosh pit, but not the concert hall.
MM: It did, and we threw in some things we felt would be a curve, like "My Very Special Darling" and also "The Times," which were kind of left field.
Or "very attractive darlings", as one spunky young army surgeon has it.
"They were a divine, wonderful, darling, very in love and very smart couple," she said.
It went very badly for Darling.
