"There's no need to ask if you are still as keen on this job as you were this afternoon," he said, as he entered my snuggery.
"Keener than ever," I asseverated.
"Then I hope between us we may be successful in running our man to ground."
"Have you heard anything further?" I inquired, anxiously.
"Nothing of the slightest value. A number of people have been through our hands, but of the Pirate—not a sign."
"Perhaps we shall get a clue in the morning," I hazarded.
"At present," he declared, "there's not a shred of a clue to work upon. Of course at any moment information may come to hand. He may endeavour to dispose of some of his plunder, or he may reappear, but until then——"
"What do you suggest?" I asked.
"I shall stay and thoroughly explore this district until I hear something further," he answered.
"I am thinking of going into town in the morning, to see if a more powerful car than the one I possess at present is to be obtained," I told him later. "I am hoping to get one capable of doing fifty or even sixty miles an hour at a pinch, so as to be prepared for emergencies. Meanwhile, if you like to make this house your headquarters, I shall be delighted to put you up."