But I was flattered and I was too young to say no to a woman
PremiumWhy does Maugham say But I was flattered and I was too young to say no to a woman William Somerset Maugham shows a young writer s early innocence in The Luncheon He meets a lady admirer in a theatre She smiles gently She speaks softly She reminds him of Foyot s in Paris Her charm weakens him Her words trap him He cannot refuse He was Young and Innocent The writer was very young when he first met the lady admirer in Paris She wrote to him and asked for lunch at Foyot s the costly restaurant where French senators ate He lived in the Latin Quarter and had little money Still he felt honoured He says But I was flattered and I was too young to say no to a woman He means that her praise affected him Her polite words and her kind smile made him feel