“And what did he say?”
“He asked me if I didn’t remember him, and if I couldn’t place him. Then, after a while, he said, ‘Don’t you remember your own brother, Alden Leeds?’”
“I see,” Mason said with a smile. “There was some interval between the time when he asked if you didn’t know him and couldn’t place him?”
“Yes.”
“How long?”
“A minute or two.”
“And during all of that time, you failed to recognize him?”
“Well, I wasn’t exactly sure.”
“I see. And after Alden Leeds made the announcement, did you then recognize him?”
“Well, I told him to come in.”