“Everything is tardy with a Japanese. I was educated by slowness; I bow one dozen times before I speak.
“O Oscar, you got to think of my side a little bit!
“Every girl claims that she has half a population as adorers in her pocket handkerchief.
“You are the only one young American I ever met.
“If I accept your love, I am afraid one may satirise my destitution.
“You’ll write me soon, won’t you?
“Yours, M. G.
“P.S.—I wish I could show you how charmingly I smoke. I learned the art recently. I tap the cigarette with my middle finger to knock the ashes off. It is delightful to heap a hill of ashes on the table edge. When I puff, finding no word after ‘And—’ the smoke seems to be speaking for me.
“But I assure you that I smoked only before my uncle.
“I was a pretty naughty girl at home, but I flatter myself that I can easily be classed among the best in this country.