It was rare for Jack Allerson to have a nightmare free night. Tonight was such a night, but unfortunately for him, his sleep was disturbed by someone knocking at this door. It was his landlady.

"Excuse me Sir, but you are wanted on the telephone." She said.

It took a moment for Jack to wake up. He made his way to the hallway and picked up the telephone with a curt: "Allerson."

"Hey Jack. It's Bobby. Old man Hall had us do another raid on the jazz club tonight. He'd heard it had become a familiar haunt of university students.

Jack, still half asleep, was only half listening: "So….you woke me up for that."

The voice at the other end snickered before continuing: "Not quite Jack old boy. Elizabeth Murdoch. Is she any relation to your Inspector?"

The mention of the name erased any traces of sleep left in Jack. He became instantly awake.

"Yes. Yes she is. She's his daughter." answered Jack. He continued: "You have her I take it?"

"Yes we do. When I saw the name, I immediately thought of your Inspector. I'll make sure she doesn't get processed, but get here as soon as you can."

Jack hung up the telephone and put his head on the wall for a second. After a moment, he started dialling another number.

William and Julia were sleeping when the telephone started ringing. William groaned. He did not remember old Brackenried being called in the middle of the night as often as he was. He picked up the new telephone Julia had insisted be installed in their bedroom. The first few sentences captured his attention and even Julia, still half asleep, realized that this was not one of their normal middle of the night call. After a few curt short "yes" and "of course" William hung up. He took a long breath as he considered the possibility of not telling Julia. The piercing look he got from her when he finally turned around convinced him it was not a viable option.

Julia, now fully awake, looked inquiringly at William: "William what is it?"

William hesitated for a second. He was not looking forward to Julia's reaction to the news. He took a long breath in.

"It's Lizzy." Julia's lips tightened.

"What is it?" she asked. "What's happened to her?"

William tried in vain to first diffuse Julia: "Julia, you must first promise me you will stay calm."

Julia was rapidly loosing her patience: "Don't ask me to make a promise you know I cannot keep William. Out with it. What has happened?"

"She's been arrested." said William.

Julia's face contorted with anger. The volume of her voice increased: "What has the silly girl done now?"

William, trying to remain calm, answered on a lower tone: "She was at an underground jazz club with some of her university friends. The club is in Station House One's jurisdiction. You know how Hall is a proponent of prohibition. He constantly does raids. It seems our Lizzy was caught in one of them."

Julia lifted her head: "Stupid girl. What was she thinking?"

William lost his patience: "Julia, don't be a hypocrite. You drink wine every night at dinner and you write dozens of prescriptions for alcohol every month. You don't believe in prohibition any more than I do. You can't blame Lizzy for following our lead."

Julia, undeterred, stuck to her guns: "That's different William. I don't openly flaunt it. I don't go to underground clubs and I certainly don't get arrested by the police."

William muttered under his breath: "….well not anymore."

Fury came to Julia's face: "What are you implying William?"

William, who had been trying to keep calm, lost it.

"Julia. Lizzy is young and may I be so bold as to remind you, like you she is enjoying being young."

Julia would not let go: "But getting arrested…"

William interrupted her: "Just like you were with your university friends on that long ago hot night."

"But that was different. It was a stupid law.' Said Julia.

William could not contain his outrage: "That's rich Julia coming from you. For the last five years I've had to listen to your complaints about prohibition and now that your daughter is arrested because of the same law, suddenly it's a different story."

Faced with her own contradictions, Julia was momentarily stumped: "But it's different William. You are a station inspector. Lizzy is your daughter."

William was shaking his head: "It's the same Julia and you know it."

The wind seemed to get out of Julia. She let out a long breath and sat on the bed. She looked at William.

"Oh William. I worry so much for her. Worry she'll make the same stupid mistakes I did."

William, still very much in love with his wife even after all these years, could not remain angry with her long. He came and sad down beside her:

"I know you do Julia. I know." He let out a long breath. "Tonight we are lucky. The detective at Station One is an old army friend of Jack. He recognized the name and telephoned him. Nothing will come of this."

Lizzy Murdoch was sitting quietly on the passenger seat of the automobile. Jack Allerson was driving her to her parent's house. Lizzy was not sure what was least distasteful: having Jack come to her rescue, or facing the wrath of her mother. The decision was easy to make.

"Detective hmm…. Do you have to bring me there? You could just take me back to my dorm."

Jack looked at the young woman with a smile: "Oh I think not Miss Murdoch. Your father is my superior and he did specifically order me to bring you home and that is what I shall do."

Lizzy tried again, this time using a different approach: "Jack. I may call you Jack Detective?"

Jack was enjoying himself. Lizzy was very transparent. She was trying to use her charms to convince him to help her evade the wrath of her parents. She had no chances of success, but he would certainly enjoy letting her try. He looked at the young woman beside him.

"Of course you may call me Jack…. Lizzy."

She smiled at him: "Well Jack. Are you certain you want to do this?"

She slowly brought her hand across the bench and slowly let hit drift up Jack's leg. All of a sudden, the teasing atmosphere evaporated as Jack's breathing became halting. He stole a glance at her as he continued to drive. There was no mistaking what she was attempting to do. Jack cursed under his breath and stopped the automobile. Without saying a word, he grabbed her and started kissing her. It only took a few moments for Lizzy to realize that the situation was rapidly getting out of her control. Before she could do or say anything Jack let her go. Lizzy, flustered and unsure of herself, did not know what to do, or where to look. Jack quietly turned back to the wheel and put the automobile back in gear. After a moment, he looked at her.

"Don't play games you are too young to handle Miss Murdoch. Now sit quietly as I drive you to your parents."