Bittersweet moment on a Paris street.
He : "Excuse Madame" She: "I am sorry I don't speak French" He: "My English is very bad" She "My French too" He: "Have you got a cigarette"? She: " I am sorry,I don't smoke" He: "No problem,au revoir Madame" And the young man walked away.leaving the the older woman with an acute sense of loss. May 2004 ,Paris, Helen Collins