I don't know her name, but I know HER.

I have known her at Allerheiligen and Baden-Baden.

She ought to be an Empress, but she may be only a Duchess; it is the way things go in this way." If one asks a German a civil question, he will be quite sure to get a civil answer.

If you stop a German in the street and ask him to direct you to a certain place, he shows no sign of feeling offended.

If the place be difficult to find, ten to one the man will drop his own matters and go with you and show you.
In London, too, many a time, strangers have walked several blocks with me to show me my way.
There is something very real about this sort of politeness.