There won’t be much to read on your Swiss acquaintances at first. Private bankers and Palace employees are best known to be unreadable, accustomed as they are to their eccentric rich clients. Tell them you think it’s blue and they will agree. Change your mind and say that, no, after all you believe it’s red, and they will revise their opinion accordingly. But after some time you will recognize the meaning behind their “Really?” and raised eye-brows.

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• Gestures and Expressions