One of her greatest charms, in the eyes of the European man, is that she listens to him.

I cannot say whether it does her any good.

Maybe she does not remember it all, but while you are talking she does give you her attention.

The English woman does not always.

She greets you pleasantly enough: "I've so often wanted to meet you," she says, "must you really go ?" It strikes you as sudden: you had no intention of going for hours.