"I've just said they're all very dull."
I wrote rapidly. Then—
"'The people here,'" I read, "'are nearly all very dull.'"
For a moment she looked at me. Then she picked up her pen.
"How," she demanded, with a dazzling smile, "do you spell 'nearly'?"
"Only one 'r'," I replied. "Same as 'adorable.'"
'Nearly' went down—rather shakily.
I pulled up my cuffs.
"'Spanish furniture,'" I said, following my pen, "'is like the
Spanish—on the large side. Everything is too big.'"
"'—too big,'" said my lady, with her head on one side. "You see, my confidence in you is supreme."