Webb says that multiple times while he was living in the US, he witnessed people who were entranced by his accent in an over-the-top way. "In we go and order a muffin and an iced tea," he writes, imagining a British person going to Starbucks. "Pandemonium ensues. Folks are called in from the back office: 'Jolene, come here and listen to this man's beautiful voice!' Large ladies with serious religious views consider throwing away their chances of getting to heaven for a moment of madness with this English stranger. You can see it in their eyes. You are glamour.... If impersonating Hugh Grant in a public place is a crime then I must plead guilty. It opens doors. They love it."
