I daresay either variant is possible. Here is a quote from a story by R.Chandler (a popular detective story writer, the 30s-40s of the 20th century):1. A waitress came with the inevitable glass of ice water, and the menu. The subject gave an order.2. I went back to the coffee shop and looked in through the glass wall. Subject was reading her paperback and toying with coffee and a snail. Indeed the ways of English grammar are very mysterious.