GR translation: This smile asks from him more grace than...

[Bekah]

Dignity?   To act with dignity in the face of BS is a talent or an art - a kind of grace.  

Bekah

On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:42 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gracefulness, I think.
> 
> 2013/3/4 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>> P256.11-17   “Glad to hear it.” Slothrop is smiling. You’re on my list too,
>> pal. This smile asks from him more grace than anything in his languid
>> American life ever has, up till now. Grace he always imagined himself short
>> on. But it’s working. He’s surprised, and so grateful that he almost starts
>> crying then. The best part of all is not that Bounce appears fooled by the
>> smile, but that Slothrop knows now that it will work for him again. . . .
>> 
>> I find the word "grace" a little difficult to translate.  what is the
>> primary meaning here?
>>