Françoise Sagan. Don't give up... (№ 300875)

Politeness is still a matter of time. Need time to say "thank you", time to ask: "please, please tell me how to get to such and such a street?", Yes simply time to pay attention to the man, whoever he was. <...> Before it was something taken for granted, it even had a sign of masculinity in men and femininity in women. Now it is completely gone. Met miraculously polite person, I faint in amazement.