"Just wandered your way into the biggest city this side of the ocean," the bartender commented.  "Okay, sure, I buy that.  You got robbed on the road, and they left you with this little thing?  Not quite sure I'd put my money on that.  Brigands I know aren't all that likely to leave a girl with a scrap of clothes if they can help it, and I've known a couple of highwaymen -- women, too -- in my time.  Brief as that might be."<br/><br/>She brought another glass out onto the table, and began filling it in preparation for her guest to finish the first.  If she was really so directionless, she wouldn't be in a rush to escape, would she?<br/><br/>"You don't smell like you've been wearing the same thing for days," she said.