He had been prepared to lie, to bluster, to remain sullenly unresponsive; but, reassured by the good-humoured intelligence of the Controller's face, he decided to tell the truth, straightforwardly.
Like a veteran pop star pinching moves from voguish acts, “I Fell in Love Like a Flower Bouquet” is both less authentic and more straightforwardly enjoyable than the films it resembles.
Nowadays celebrities steal lyrics from each other and struggle with copyright violation accusations or straightforwardly claim themselves to be the authors, even though all the work was done by other people.