"At one o'clock in the afternoon?"
He nodded.
"I told you I hadn't had any sleep to speak of for two nights. And tonight I'm going to call on a most respectable relative, and I don't want to look too dissipated. He mightn't be so ready to believe in my virtues as you are."
She was surprised into an obvious remark.
"I didn't know you had any relatives."
"Didn't you? I had a father and a mother, among others. It was most extraordinary. The papers at the time were full of it."
"You mean the Police News?"
"I don't remember that the Police News was interested in me just then," said the Saint gravely. "I rather think their interest developed later."
She had dropped into banter to cover up her breach of good criminal manners; but she was still inquisitive enough to try to press a serious question.
"Have you honestly got any relatives who still know you?"