“What are you driving at?”
“At the question whether or not you will stop to think.”
“I most frequently stop and forget,” was the good-natured reply.
“That is too true; you surely do not realize how you have behaved the past few months.”
“Well, and what of it? I should like to know whom I have hurt besides myself.”
“Everyone who cares for you.”
“But, look here, Latham, I am able to take care of myself.”
“It is a little remarkable you do not prove that statement.” Here he assumed a more dignified manner.
“You mean my drinking; well, I pay for it, and——”