(another shrug)
He ran into me, or I ran into him. I was rather shaken, and he asked me to come in and rest. It happened close to the house where he was lodging.
MRS. DE MULLIN
You went in! To his lodgings! A man you had never met before!
JANET
My dear mother, when you have been thrown off a bicycle, ordinary conventions cease to apply. Besides, as a matter of fact, we had met once before—the day before, in fact.
MRS. DE MULLIN
Where?
JANET
Here. By this very stile. Monty was riding past and he asked me the way to somewhere—Thoresby, I think. I was standing by the stile. Next day I happened to ride into Weymouth. We collided—and the rest you know.