We've been into every stateroom, and we've even searched the hold.

We've been over the ship, backwards and forwards.

The Captain's own steward has been our guide, and we've conducted an extra search on our own account.

Personally, I must say I have come to the same conclusion as Mr.Quest.At the present moment there is no such person as the man we are looking for, on board this steamer." "Then he either changed on to another one," Laura declared obstinately, "or else he jumped overboard." Harris, who was a very polite man, gazed thoughtfully seaward.

Quest smiled.
"When Laura's set on a thing," he remarked, "she takes a little moving.
What do you think about it, Professor ?" The Professor laid down his book, keeping his finger in the place.