“And have you travelled everywhere?”
“I have travelled a great deal. I am very fond of it; and, happily, I have been able.”
Again she gave me her sidelong gaze. “And do you know the foreign languages?”
“After a fashion.”
“Is it hard to speak them?”
“I don’t believe you would find it hard,” I gallantly responded.
“Oh, I shouldn’t want to speak; I should only want to listen,” she said. Then, after a pause, she added, “They say the French theatre is so beautiful.”
“It is the best in the world.”
“Did you go there very often?”
“When I was first in Paris I went every night.”