He left the hotel in a state of thoughtfulness, fully realizing the difficulties of the task which lay before him in tracing Sisily's movements on the previous night, and discovering where she had flown.

The deeper questions of motive and the inconsequence of some of her actions he preferred to leave till later.

Action, and not mental analysis, was the need of the moment.

Barrant prided himself on being a man of action, and he was also a detective.

The thrill of pursuit stirred in his blood.
His later activities that night and the following day brought to light many things, but not all that he wanted to know.