But the very difficulty made him the more resolute to unravel the mystery.
For two or three days he went about, asking for information concerning the coining, and reading up details in old newspapers about the exploits of the Saul family.

Also, he went occasionally to the salon of Senora Gredos.

There he constantly met Hale and Clancy.

Also Basil came at times.

That young man now adopted a somewhat insolent demeanor towards the pair, which showed that he was now out of their clutches and no longer had cause to fear them.