I’ll follow them,” he said, and when they left the room he was close behind them.
CHAPTER XXVI
A STRANGE ADVENTURE
The young man leaned on the arm of his companion. He was affected by the potations in which he had indulged, and was sensible of his condition.
I ought not to have drank so much,” he said, in unsteady accents.
Pooh! it’s nothing,” said the other, lightly. “Where are you stopping?”
“St. Regis.”
“We’d better walk. It will do you good to walk.”
“Just as you say.”
“Of course I would only advise you for your good.”