“Very much so.”
“Were not the relics very ancient?”
“Well, two of them were, beyond question.”
“And did the inspection of them add greatly to your fund of knowledge?” persisted Dick.
“Greatly,” declared Zenas. “I know much more than I did when I left this hotel.”
“Then I fail to understand why you seem so terribly disappointed. You said you expected to return here a much wiser man.”
“And if I’m not wiser,” said the professor, “I ought to be shot, that’s all! I have this day learned something I’ll never forget. Don’t ask another question! I decline to discuss the matter further. But I will say that no man is too old to learn, and sometimes a man who thinks himself very wise discovers that he’s a big fool. I’m going to lie down and rest now, for I need it. I am quite exhausted.”
He closed the door between the two rooms.
“I must tell Dunbar and Nadia about it,” chuckled Buckhart. “Come on, Dick; let’s go see them.”
“You go ahead,” nodded Merriwell. “I have a letter to write, and I think I’ll do it now.”