First he had proved himself lamentably presumptuous by conducting the analysis himself rather than calling on the help of more worldly experts in Europe.
There are large billboards directed at them both: the tough, " take-charge, " or dapper older man, the glamorous, " worldly" young woman, both puffing away.
He was not a Kinois himself, one of that snooty so-sophisticated lot, and the other drivers outside the Grand called him Kisangani after the city where he was born, in the east.
I do not say, that a prudent, worldly-wise man, with only negative virtues and qualities, may not sometimes obtain a smoother reputation than a wiser or a better man.
Privately Miss Minchin disliked her, but she was far too worldly a woman to do or say anything which might make such a desirable pupil wish to leave her school.
Gandalf from " The Lord of the Rings" , Yoda in " Star Wars" or M in Ian Fleming's early James Bond novels all act as mentors, providing sage advice and guidance to the less worldly-wise.