Have you any ?" "I am afraid I have not.

All my inquiries have yielded negative results.
There is, of course, a considerable body of evidence, and it all seems to point one way.

But I am unwilling to make a decisive move without something more definite.

I am really waiting for confirmation or otherwise of my ideas on the subject; for some new item of evidence." "I didn't know there was any evidence." "Didn't you ?" said Thorndyke.

"But you know as much as I know.