She volunteered no further information, but Philip was a persistent person.
"I do not remember another day in my life previously," he said, "when so many fortuitous events grouped themselves together in such a curious relationship. Even this adventure is a sequel to a prior incident. Just before I joined in the chase after you I had purchased some tickets for Jowkacsy's musicale. The strangest item of all is that I was practically walking away from the direction in which I live when my attention was drawn to the cabman's behavior."
"Good gracious!" she protested, "am I taking you out of your way? I thought you merely happened to be driving after us through the park."
She invited no confidences. She adhered strictly to the affair of the moment, and he had no option but to follow her cue.
"I do not think I have ever been in Regent's Park before."
"What an amazing circumstance—that you should gallop off in such fashion to the rescue of an unknown woman, I mean."
"That, again, is original, or nearly so."
"Are you a Londoner?"
"To some extent—a little while each year. I live mostly on the sea."
"Oh, that accounts for your gallantry. You are a sailor."