Did the young man speak English?
I had an amusing experience last year.
After I had left a small village in the south of France,
I drove on to the next town.
On the way, a young man waved to me.
I stopped and he asked me for a lift.
As soon as he had got into the car,
I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language.
Apart from a few words,
I do not know any French at all.
Neither of us spoke during the journey.
I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly,
'Do you speak English?'
As I soon learnt, he was English himself!