He had staked a good deal on his possession of this hold upon the men who had been his associates.

The whole situation had to be readjusted in the altered light of events.

The first impulse of the man, to act, seemed strangled almost at its birth by the absolute futility of any move he could possibly make.

He had no idea where to find his daughter, with whom she was living, or how.

Any publicity of any sort was of course out of the question.