[except that a semi-familiar woman, who was, for all intent and purposes, beating her own retreat nearly walks right into him, as lost in thought as she is]
Bloody—my apologies, I am not paying— . . .
[she stops, recognizing him, and near immediately the sympathy is evident on her face]
no subject
Bloody—my apologies, I am not paying— . . .
[she stops, recognizing him, and near immediately the sympathy is evident on her face]