The reason resides in a native politeness, a heritage, some have conjectured, from their Spanish forefathers.

One sees hints of Spanish blood also in the exceptional flexibility and good carriage of the Walcheren women.

Whatever the cause of Zeeland's friendliness, there it is; and in Middelburg the foreigner wanders at ease, almost as comfortable and self-possessed as if he were in France.
And it is the pleasantest town to wander in, and an astonishingly large one.

A surprising expansiveness, when one begins to explore them, is an idiosyncrasy of Dutch towns.

From the railway, seeing a church spire and a few roofs, one had expected only a village; and behold street runs into street until one's legs ache.