'Do you live near here?'
'Why,' she returned, 'we have come miles and miles this morning. My uncle has just bought a motor-car—a beauty. We started quite early—soon after seven, and it began to rain just before, so my aunt wouldn't come. We were going to Polehampton, and we have broken down lots of times, though we get along splendidly in between.'
'I slept at Polehampton last night,' I said.
'Where are you going?' she asked.
'To London.'
'Why didn't you take the train?' inquired Jacintha.
'You see I had no money,' I explained. 'I sold my watch and chain, but a tramp robbed me.'
'Where do your people live in London?' she asked.
'I have no people.'
'Oh, I am sorry!' she exclaimed. 'What are you going to do?'