The narrator tells us that he and his wife were just fooling around when they saw that Mr. Lorry was being kidnapped. They saw him being dragged down the stairs to get some ice cream, and they realized that he was the one who had been kidnapped. The narrator says that the police were slow to respond to the call, and that it was too dangerous for him to contact his father. He says that his father is also being kidnapped, but that someone drugged him at a business meeting. He apologizes, saying that if he had been more careful, he would not have gotten hurt. The wine that she drank earlier that morning was laced with a sedative, but the drug is not strong enough to kill Mr. Larry.