Let me see; the last time I saw him he was coming out of that old broker's den, to which, if you remember, you accompanied me once, to look at some armour.

That is fully three weeks ago." This hint was enough for Cosmo.

Von Steinwald was a man of influence in the court, well known for his reckless habits and fierce passions.

The very possibility that the mirror should be in his possession was hell itself to Cosmo.

But violent or hasty measures of any sort were most unlikely to succeed.