Don't try to show off what you haven't got.

Show her only what you have.

Make her feel you're young and ready to learn--half mad to learn! No, that won't do--not mad, but keen for everything--interested in her life--in all she does and thinks and feels." She frowned.

"No, that's too personal.

And you can't be personal in New York--not very--they don't like it here.
Every one's too busy.