Adrift in the Unknown
"[...] "Not another second!" cried Popham. "Our offer is withdrawn; and, if your so-called discoveries amount to anything, we shall find other means for making them ineffective." I had been interested in proceedings to an extent that had all but caused me to forget my purpose. The plutocrats were about to leave the castle in a temper, and if I wrested tribute from them it must be now or never. Starting up, I drew my revolver and ran hastily down the iron stairs. CHAPTER III. PROFESSOR QUINN'S FEAT. [...]."