That's about all, though.

Proof is quite another thing." The captain pondered.

He was fully aware that the unpopularity of the "committee" would nullify whatever good its hinting might do.
"Humph!" he grunted again.

"It's one thing to smell a rat and another to nail its tail to the floor.

But I'm mighty obliged to you, all the same.
And I'll think it over hard.