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`` Poof ! '' exclaimed Von Hamner , who was feeling not a little nettled at this quiet challenge to test his personal courage . `` You are the last man on earth that I should have suspected of superstition , my dear Hendry . But , there , give your orders , and we will go to lunch , and then about four o'clock we may make our call in Candler 's Court . '' While the two Chiefs of the International were talking , Phadrig was reading a cypher telegram , of which the meaning was this : `` REVAL . -- Professor fell overboard three days ago . Body not recovered .