It was what she'd never been able to do, with any man.

I've always been able to tell what's going on inside a man, but I can't with him.

She'd always been able to discuss anything with her mother.

I had not been able to say she was nothing to me with an honest heart.

She'd never been able to let go with a man.

He wasn't going to be able to reason with him.

"Then how were you able to come up with the answer so quickly?"

If so, are you able to share it with me?

"How long were you able to spend with the book?"

I haven't been able to use them because I've got to protect my sources, just as with you.