Barker beat his head with his clenched fist in his impotent anger.
"Do you tell me that we have to sit down under this? Do you say that noone can ever get level with this king-devil?"
"No, I don't say that," said Holmes, and his eyes seemed to be lookingfar into the future. "I don't say that he can't be beat. But you mustgive me time--you must give me time!"
We all sat in silence for some minutes, while those fateful eyes stillstrained to pierce the veil.