"Africa, perhaps?"
"No."
"A South American diamond?"
"No."
As Mr. Bressani's ferocious, black eyebrows settled down over his eyes the Senior Partner laughed. "This reminds me of the game of twenty questions. And you are surely the victor, Mr. Alton."
But Mr. Bressani was too much in earnest to think of jokes or games. "You say these ruins are very old?"
"Yes, sir."
"How old? Greek or Roman, perhaps?"
"Older than human history."