 Although Saint-Exupéry was a master of the French language, he was never able to achieve anything more than haltingly poor English.Adèle Breaux, his young Northport English tutor to whom he later dedicated a writing ("For Miss Adèle Breaux, who so gently guided me in the mysteries of the English language") related her experiences with her famous student as "Saint-Exupéry in America, 1942–1943