After  arriving in Paris, he visited with some manufacturers  and selected a  line  that he thought would sell well back home. To celebrate  the new  acquisition,  he decided to visit a small bistro and have a glass of  wine.

As he  sat enjoying his wine, he noticed that the small place  was quite  crowded, and  that the other chair at his table was the only vacant  seat in the  house.

Before  long, a very beautiful young Parisian girl came to his  table,  asked  him  something in French (which Murphy  could not  understand),  so he motioned  to  the vacant chair and invited her to sit  down.

He  tried to speak to her  in English,  but she did not speak his language. After a couple of  minutes of  trying  to communicate with her, he took a napkin and drew a  picture of a  wine  glass and showed it to her. She nodded, so he ordered a  glass of wine  for  her.

After sitting together at the table  for a while, he took another  napkin,  and drew  a picture of a plate with food on it, and she nodded.  They left the  bistro  and found a quiet cafe that featured a small group  playing romantic  music.

They  ordered dinner, after which he took another napkin and  drew a picture of a couple dancing. She nodded, and  they got up to dance. They  danced  until the cafe closed and the band was packing up. 

Back at their table, the young lady took a  napkin and drew a picture of a  four-poster bed on it.

To this day, Murphy has no idea how she figured out  he was  in  the furniture business.