"Did I lose you, or vice versa?" he went on.
"I don't know. I'm sure it wasn't intentional, anyway."
"Have you been over to Brooklyn?" he continued curiously.
"No, sir."
"I thought you had; it is so long since we parted."
"I've had quite an adventure in the meantime."
"Indeed? You didn't meet Chris Holtzmann or this Aaron Woodward, did you?"
"I met Mr. Woodward's son," I replied, and in a brief way I related my adventures. Mr. Harrison listened with deep interest.
"It is too bad that the son has started in such a wrong path," he said. "I trust it teaches him a lesson to let liquor alone. What do you intend to do now?"
"I suppose I had better go back and stay all night with him. It is now too late to go to Brooklyn."