Escaping to Paris to nurse her broken heart, Ester calls him and a tiny crumb is flung out: "Maybe speak when you're back, then".
But when asked if there was anything Parker, his 21-year-old counterpart from France, did better than he, Kidd quipped: "Maybe speak French".
Once a year for the last four decades, comic-book and fantasy fans dressed in Batman suits or carrying light sabers have descended on San Diego to trade collectibles, see trailers for new Hollywood movies and maybe speak a little Klingonese.
His caddie Jimmy Dickinson, who also worked for Nicklaus, said Lyle was also the best one-iron player ever, but a meagre two majors maybe speaks of a lesser dedication than some others.
"Hopefully the new owner will be good for the club and I'll maybe speak to him shortly.
You might, at some point, maybe, speak to someone you've never met before.
I did work that maybe spoke about society in its little way -- that had meaning more than anything".
And if a movie is something you aspire to, why not find a way to create short book trailers that maybe speak to different elements of the book?
The teachers have influence on students and if they take just five minutes out of their lesson and maybe speak about it.
