You gather that, as far as she is concerned, the rest of the company are passing shadows.

She wants to hear what you have to say about Bi-metallism: her trouble is lest she may miss a word of it.

From a talk with an American girl one comes away with the conviction that one is a brilliant conversationalist, who can hold a charming woman spell-bound.

This may not be good for one: but while it lasts, the sensation is pleasant.
Even the American girl cannot, on all occasions, sweep from her path the cobwebs of old-world etiquette.

Two American ladies told me a sad tale of things that had happened to them not long ago in Dresden.