I've just remembered something else about Gladys: she was or claimed to be (but without actually saying so) functionally illiterate and got me to fill in her landing card. When in po-faced European fashion I jibbed at forging her signature - a bit shameful some may think - she didn't get annoyed but got some other bloke to do it.
Remember that this was a working businesswoman who very obviously knew what she was doing.
Travel doesn't broaden the mind exactly but it does open the eyes a bit.
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