So far as regards your coming into this carriage," I added, "I feed the guard to keep it to myself, and although I will not say that your presence is unwelcome, it is certainly unsought for." She was silent for a moment, watching me all the time intently.

My words seemed to have given her food for thought.
"Listen," she said, leaning forward.

"Do you mean to say that that was your first visit to the Cafe des Deux Epingles ?" "Absolutely my first visit," I answered.

"I met Louis by accident that night.

He knew that I was bored, and he took me there." "You met him at the Opera and you asked him who we were," she remarked.
"That is quite true," I admitted, "but I scarcely see that there was anything impertinent in that.