Pardon me, mon ami, you were not precisely sympathique. He turned to me earnestly. 
As he looked at me with earnest and asked for forgiveness, I noticed him crossing his fingers behind his back.
mnli hypothesis: As he looked at me with earnest and asked for forgiveness, I noticed him crossing his fingers behind his back. premise: Pardon me, mon ami, you were not precisely sympathique. He turned to me earnestly. 