he who hesitates is toast

"Oh, yes," says the woman, who looks like she'd like to snatch him up and put him in her pocket for a granddaughter. It's all Sharon can do not to roll her eyes at his ridiculousness. "Do you have a sweet tooth, dear?"

"The usual amount of one," Sharon admits, and the woman beams at her, then selects a few soft, golden, oblong rolls. "Pain au lait chocolat," she says, slipping several into a white paper bag and offering them out. "Wonderful with coffee."