Status Updates From The Casino Murder Case (Phi...

“My word!” Vance smiled. “The farther we go, the more remote infallibility becomes.”
The doctor grinned broadly. “You know Goethe, yes? Eigentlich weiss man nur wenn man wenig weiss; mit dem Wissen wächst der Zweifel.”
“That’s hardly helpful, though.” Vance sighed. “I want to know more, not less.”

“Any further developments?” he asked, lifting his head to Vance with a shrewd, calculating look.
“Oh, any number,” Vance returned non-committally. “We’re bringin’ in the sheaves, as it were. But we’re not rejoicin’ just yet..."

Markham folded the note and pursed his lips. He looked at Vance for a long time; then he remarked: “That seems to simplify matters.”
“Oh, my dear fellow!” Vance protested. “That note merely complicates the situation abominably.”