I could get nothing out of Thalassa.

He was detained at the police station for a considerable time, waiting for Pengowan, before he came to me with the news.

He gave a great knock at the door of my lodgings like the thunder of doom, and when I got downstairs he blurted out that my brother was killed--shot--but not another word of explanation could I get out of him.

What does it all mean ?" "I cannot say.

Your sister and I reached the house just as Thalassa was about to leave it to seek my assistance.