The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom Chapter 22

In which our adventurer, arriving at Paris under the guise of Count Fathom, skillfully engages a diverse company of foreigners at a fashionable ordinary, displaying a remarkable command of languages and social graces to cultivate their favour. He deftly discerns the temperaments of his companions, reserving a particular strategy for the suspicious Englishman, whom he treats with a teasing reserve that wins cautious respect.