Only--only I wish we could be certain." "I'll find him," answered Paul determinedly.

"You wait here for me; or, no, I may have to hunt; I'll see you at lunch.

I'll find out all right." He was off on the instant.

As he had told Neil, he didn't believe that Cowan would reveal secrets to Brill or any other of the Robinson people; but--well, he realized that Cowan was feeling very much aggrieved, and that he might in his present state of mind do what in a saner moment he would not consider.

At the drug-store he was told that Cowan had left a few minutes before.