Easy!
wait until a policeman walks by the other way. They will assume you are acting suspiciously, and engage the woman in conversation, and, while the two are having the little chat about how creepy and suspicious it is for you to walk down the street, you can pass her rather easily. Best of all, she won't even feel threatened because the nice policeman is there to protect her from YOU.

Sorted.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Fri 9 Jul 2010, 18:59, Reply)