Once in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, fortune put me between two ladies from an English-speaking country. One of the women started talking to me in English, but very slowly, as if I were a kindergarten child. She introduced herself and her colleague, who was examining my face intently to see if I understood what her friend was saying.
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