He had given them one chance; a large part of him, that boy who remembered Dundalis, hoped they would not take it.
All good girls and boys hope for games under the tree.
Later he will be given the best education that any boy or young man could hope for.
If their records sell in volume, the boys are hoping to make a series of personal appearances throughout the country.
But the boys hoped that by then they would be safely away.
I and the boys hoped you'd turn up and stop here last night.
The dear boy bore it a great deal better than we could have hoped.
Likely the boy knew it, but was just hoping it wasn't true.
The boy hoped (or was he too unimaginative to hope?
The boy hopes that he can somehow use the glasses' power to shake his brother's hand.