under his breath of course

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though but slightly changed from my
mother's

ffably, under his breath of course, because there was no need for the others to hear, "here is your property, but in exchange for your handkerchief I'd be glad to know your name."
Frankly I thought him rather bold, but since I was determined to be amused at all costs [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I answered in the same tone and said: "Yes, sir, why not? My name is Miss Van Bergen."
He gave me a reproachful look and said ingratiatingly:
"Oh, my dear young lady, I'd so much like to know your first name."
"Very well [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it's Hetty."
"Oh, Hetty," my neighbor repeated, and then we chatted awhile about this and that, but for the life of me I couldn't make the conversation more interesting. I was expecting the man, who passed for interesting in the eyes of the world [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to do that.
At the next station the gentl[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n got out, and I was terribly disappointed.
But then the old woman came out of her comer and started talking to me. She told me things that were so clever and interesting that the time flew and before I knew it I had arrived at my station.
I thanked the interesting little woman and now I know that the reputation of interesting men is based entirely on externals.
If you want to enjoy yourself on a trip or somewhere else, do what I did, try