"It was only to deliver a note."
"To whom?"
"To Mr. Hobson," the young man answered weakly, while his mother frowned, the first sign of emotion of any kind which she had betrayed that day.
"Did you deliver the note?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then, under your mother's orders, you went to the city on your second trip, did you not?"
"Y-yes, sir."
"Were you successful in finding Mr. Hobson there?"
"Yes, sir," the witness answered sullenly.
"You had other business in the city aside from meeting him, had you not?"