"No one would guess meeting her that she was not the kindest, most generous, most gifted person in the world. She knew exactly what to say to different people, how to match her mood to theirs. Had she met you, she would have walked off (…) with you, arm in arm, (…) chatting about (…) whatever she knew to be your particular hobby; and you would have been taken in, like the rest. You would have sat at her feet and worshiped her."