The man hadn't been sure of his ground.
"Can you see ?" asked Fitzgerald.
"Yes." Only Breitmann himself knew what wild rage lay back of that monosyllable.

He was sure now; that diagram brushed away any lingering doubt.

The lock had been trifled with, but the man who had done the work had not been sure of his dimensions.
"Clever piece of work.

Took away the mortar in his pockets; no sign of it here.

The admiral had better send for his bricklayer, for more reasons than one.