Is there no clue, Mr.Quest--no clue at all ?" "Not the ghost of one," Quest acknowledged.

"I am as far from solving the mystery of the disappearance of your skeleton and Mrs.Rheinholdt's necklace, as I have ever been." The Professor failed entirely to conceal his disappointment.

His tone, in fact, was almost peevish.
"I should have expected this from the regular officials of the law, Mr.
Quest," he admitted, "but I must say that in your hands I had hoped--but there, there! Excuse me! I am an old man, Mr.Quest.I am getting a little irritable.

Disappointments affect me quickly.

I must be patient.