Analyzing the two I have met--the majority--one strikes me as being transparently affected and the other a stubborn, attractive fool.

They are equally untrained in diplomacy and unable to cover their real feelings.

Here am I, practically dragging them into the limelight, when it would be far better for themselves--perhaps for me--that they remained in oblivion.

Ah, well: I called it an adventure: let me hope some tangible plot will develop to compensate me for my trouble.

Life seems deadly dull; I need excitement.