“Not at all. I came straight from the depot.”
“Then how on earth do you know so much?”
“I’ll tell you, presently. First, let me ask whether you promised to go to New York with Mrs. Mackenzie?”
“I did.”
“Is this son going, too?”
“He is. And I’ll be obliged if you’ll help them out with your evidence.”
“Oh! I’ll help them out, never fear. But neither you nor I must go with them.”
“What in the world are you driving at?”
“Are we alone?”
“Entirely so.”