"Interesting? Why that is such a neutral term, Mr. Dupont." She answered playfully. The way he smiled at her encouraged her. "I do hope we Brits have not shocked you?"

“Shocked, you say. The Americans do know how to have a party, but it is the British who know how to have a civilized soirée unless we dare bring up the French”, he teased lightly as he watched for a sort of sparkle in her eyes that told him that she was hooked on his words like a fish on its bait.