Read the following paragraph and answer the question. Give ONLY the answer, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Answer: <most likely answer, as short as possible>.

Paragraph: A very sweet man , who did n't speak much English . We had set things up for yesterday . I had no way to cancel , and of course feeling awful we set out to walk around and take in some of the touristy historical stuff . By the end of the day I was so exhausted , I had to say , " Quiero regresar al hotel " This talking point I knew how to make quite well in Spanish .

Question: What may be the plausible reason for the man not speaking much English ?
The man was from a Spanish - speaking country .
He is a non-English speaker.