尽管她完全理解了支持开放性的论点，但在坦率地讲话的程度上有限制。她不同意在非洲有时避免与那些不同意各种失败的人直接对抗的习俗。通常，最好以一种方式来说话，以至于批评的人不会感到羞辱。她决定这是一个面孔的问题：您必须留出空间才能保存脸部。她
(Although she entirely understood the argument in favour of openness, there were limits to the extent to which one should speak frankly. She did not agree with the custom that was sometimes followed in Africa of avoiding direct confrontation with those with whom one disagreed-that led to all sorts of failures, she knew-but one should still be careful to avoid hurting feelings by challenging others too openly. Often it was better to be gentle-to say something in such a way that the person criticised did not feel too humiliated. It was all a question of face, she decided: you had to leave room for face to be saved. She)
