I sent two of my most successful news-scouts to that place last night, and I had not the slightest doubt as to the nature of the information which they would bring back.

It turns out that I was mistaken." "What did they discover ?" Duncombe asked eagerly.
"Nothing!" Duncombe's face fell, but he looked a little puzzled.
"Nothing?
I don't understand.

They must have heard that they had been there anyhow." "They discovered nothing.

You do not understand the significance of this.

I do! It means that I was mistaken for one thing.