"Going to stay there long?"
"Really—— We haven't decided."
"Come from New York, eh? Quite a ways from home, all right. Father in business there?"
"Yes."
"What's his line?"
"I beg pardon?"
"What's his line? Ouch! Jiminy, these shoes pinch my feet. I used to could dance all night, but I'm getting fat, I guess, ha! ha! Put on seven pounds last month. Ouch! Gee, they certainly do pinch my toes. What business you say your father's in?"
"I didn't say, but—— Oh, railroad."
"G. N. or N. P.?"
"I don't think I quite understand——"