Seductive Gifts and Words

A gift has immense seductive power, but the object itself is less important than the gesture and the subtle thought or emotion that it communicates. Expensive gifts have no sentiment attached - they are quickly forgotten as a child forgets a new toy. The object that reflects its giver's attentiveness has a lingering sentimental power which re surfaces every time its owner sees it. Words come easily and people distrust them. But what is most seductive in the long run is what you do not say, what you communicate indirectly. Victoria fell in love with disraeli.