Mayhap some day, they will help to clear up the mysteries of Back Cup.
_From July 5 to July 25._--A fortnight has passed, and all my attempts to get near Thomas Roch have been frustrated.

Orders have evidently been given to keep him away from my influence, inefficacious though the latter has hitherto been.

My only hope is that the Count d'Artigas, Engineer Serko, and Captain Spade will waste their time trying to get at the inventor's secrets.
Three or four times to my knowledge, at least, Thomas Roch and Engineer Serko have walked together around the lagoon.

As far as I have been able to judge, the former listened with some attention to what the other was saying to him.

Serko has conducted him over the whole cavern, shown him the electric power house and the mechanism of the tug.