Then, if you stop long, you'll lose your post and ruin your career.

The blamed silver may become a fixed illusion.

That's what I'm really afraid of most.

In some ways, you're very like father." "You're persuaded the silver was an illusion ?" "I am persuaded," George declared.

"Men who live in the frozen woods get credulous and believe extraordinary things, and tales of wonderful lodes are common in the mining belts.