"Ah, you must be new to town," Carmine replied conversationally. "You're not very far from a subway. Taxis aren't much good this time of day. Somehow, they always seem to be full already." He gave her a friendly smile. "Come on, I'll take you to the subway. Do you come from a smaller town somewhere?" Of course, it was possible she had come from another city, but most of the newcomers Carmine had met had little metropolitan experience.