My own experience, however, did not corroborate this view of the case, for, though loquacious in the extreme, and gifted, so that to use a Yankee phrase, they would "talk a dog's hind-leg off," they are in general cautious not to divulge their secrets.

Before the dessert had been on the table five minutes, Jack became loquacious on his favourite topic.

Therefore she became more loquacious than ever.

Mrs. Fairfax grew loquacious under the influence of sherry, but presently a reaction set in, and she began to yawn.

The monotony of the sea was appalling to a youth of his tastes, and the fact that the skipper, a man who never spoke except to find fault, was almost loquacious with him failed to afford him any satisfaction.

Lady Mary, as pleasantly loquacious as ever, found the manual labour of writing not always to be endured, and she tried the experiment of dictating her correspondence.