He has some small matter upon his mind which makes him restless." I tried to speak lightly to our worthy landlady, but I was myself somewhat uneasy when through the long night I still from time to time heard the dull sound of his tread, and knew how his keen spirit was chafing against this involuntary inaction.
At breakfast-time he looked worn and haggard, with a little fleck of feverish color upon either cheek.
"You are knocking yourself up, old man," I remarked.

"I heard you marching about in the night." "No, I could not sleep," he answered.

"This infernal problem is consuming me.

It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle, when all else had been overcome.

I know the men, the launch, everything; and yet I can get no news.