I think I've worked it out. You speak English too well, and when I say 'too well', I actually mean you understand everything someone says to you in English.
Mary gets on better with women who don't really know what she is saying. Hence the protracted stays in China and the immigrant wife. I imagine Mary's studied body language in detail and can flirt effectively in a non-verbal manner. Once the conversational interchange begins, however, it's to her permanent advantage if they only understand every fourth or fifth word. Or better yet, none at all.
The moral of this story is that there's a bus leaving in thirty four minutes from outside your residence, it's the number 52. This will bring you directly to the Road-Chef at Clacket Lane![]()
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