I am no longer in the humor to be trifled with.

Do you understand ?" "I might be forced to obey you, if I could," said the priest, drawing his robe about him; "but, as I have often told you, my son, I do not know where the flag is or who took it.

I do not even suspect any person of taking it.

All that I know about it is the simple fact that it is gone." Father Beret's manner and voice were very mild, but there must have been a hint of sturdy defiance somewhere in them.

At all events Farnsworth was exasperated and fell into a white rage.