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Truman basked in all this. Oh, how he loved the publicity. He knew precisely how to handle it. He's superb at publicizing himself.

You were going to try to tell me how people get close to him. What do you mean?

He winds himself into your heart, and he begins telling you stories about things that you like to hear. Suddenly you find yourself telling him things that you shouldn't.

But he is dependable. Phyllis says that if you tell him something that really is in confidence, you can count on him. I don't know, but she says that you can. She says, “I've done it. I've told him a few things that I haven't even told you, testing him. When Truman tells you that he's going to keep a confidence, he can and does.”

Do you think that women get closer to him than men?

The funny thing about Truman is that he wins both women and men.

That's funny. I don't understand.

He's the type of fellow who does get close to women, but he does it with men too. You see, I love him too. Bill