That defeat at Robinson’s hands brought Ariel up against a blank wall of frustration. How was she now to prove there was anything suspicious about the disappearance of her father's papers? Someone must be led to volunteer the information she needed. But who?
There was nothing to be gained by sounding Amy, she didn't know much than her, she was sure. She has not even really felt or hinted towards knowing that, for she was surprisingly content to know little or nothing of her men's work. From his telephone talk, Ariel had deduced that Robinson’s news of his `goldmine' had been the first Pascale Fedore had heard of it. But he had, and if he hadn't been driven by Robinson into disappearing from her scene, he might have helped her. What was more, believing the lie which he had later turned in
