"You did not speak to her first?"
"I didn't even notice her."
"How did she call attention to her presence, then?"
"She smiled, and I smiled back and went on with my papers. I was busy. Then she spoke to me. Asked what the papers were, and so on."
"So the acquaintance progressed."
"Yes. She said she was going to the flicks-to the pictures-and wouldn't I come too? Well, I was finished for the day and she was a cute kid so I said yes, if she liked. The result was that she met me next day and went out to the country in my car with me."
"On your business trips, you mean."
"Yes; she came for the ride, and we would have a meal somewhere in the country and tea before she went home to her aunt's place."
"Did she talk about her people to you?"
"Yes, she said how unhappy she was at home, where no one took any notice of her. She had a long string of complaints about her home, but I didn't take much notice of them. She looked a pretty sleek little outfit to me."