"I don't know. He goes down town every morning, and he doesn't come home till supper time."
Hartley managed to continue his inquiries about Dan, but at last Althea became restless.
"Are we most there?" she asked.
"Yes, we are almost there."
"I don't see how mamma could have gone so far."
John Hartley looked out.
"I see how it is," he said. "The cab-driver lost the way, and that has delayed us."
This satisfied the child for a time. Meanwhile they reached the South Ferry, and Hartley began to consider in what way he could explain their crossing the water.