That shows discretion.

She's anxious to see the boats at Putney and talks like an encyclopaedia about Kew Gardens.
That shows diplomacy.

You see, Saunders lives in Hammersmith, not far from the bridge, all alone with his mother, who owns the house and garden.

It's all very appealing to Miss Pelham, who has got devilish tired of seeing the universe from a nineteenth story in Broadway.

I heard her tell Saunders that she keeps a couple of geranium pots on the window sill near which she sits all day.