The little homely evenings had all the charm of newness and secrecy.
Sometimes the secrecy goes to such an extent that the whole nature of the research cannot be mentioned.
"There is a strange secrecy in his nature," replied Hester thoughtfully; "and it has grown upon him by the hidden practices of his revenge."
Before he received his prestigious award at a glittering dinner in London on Thursday night, The Daily Telegraph was granted rare access to HMS Tireless, which is normally veiled by strict secrecy.
But why all this secrecy?
It lifted a cloak of secrecy over its board membership only in April 2011.
The translation is that Lisa, the dreamer, is putting an end to the secrecy of her husband's addiction.
That is partly because Nagano, in a race of inscrutable men, is notoriously tight of tongue, partly because the Japanese have a mania for secrecy.
Black often stands for secrecy.
The government's action, so far ordered only orally, has been shrouded in secrecy.
To kids, this is about secrecy and a happy ending, about trying to be grown up when people say you can't be.
Although the killers succeeded in their mission, the botched getaway has stunned many across the Arab world, where the Mossad is widely credited with almost superhuman skill and secrecy.
After months of secrecy, the news of where Prince William and Kate would spend their honeymoon finally leaked this week.
So who knows how vital Adler's Whisky secrets may be when re-establishing a more trusted relationship with the Germans after battling out the future of Swiss bank secrecy.
The secrecy used to create the Manifesto has generated some unfriendly reactions around the web.
Even the most ardent defenders of banking secrecy concede that the tide is turning against it, however. In the rich world, the mood against all big Banks has soured, including offshore ones.
Apple's partners appear to be assimilating to Apple's notorious devotion to secrecy - or fearful of its vindictive reprisals.
Biro told me that such secrecy protected the privacy of his clients and prevented anyone from misusing the fingerprint.
But the union of Barack and Michelle Obama has remained firmly behind closed doors, with a veil of closely guarded secrecy drawn across their private lives.
Motivational Memo: True greatness is often fashioned in the secrecy of anonymity.
You are under pledge of secrecy.
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