Hadn't the poor lady any friends of her own.
"Oh, almost anything," she answered vaguely: "so long as it's cheerful and non-political.

What used you to talk about before he became a great man ?" There came a wistful look into the worried eyes.

"Oh, it was all so different then," she said.

"'E just liked to--you know.

We didn't seem to 'ave to talk.