able toft, able toft, able toft. yeah, here it is. what was the name of the-the "roof thatcher"? milchem. george milchem. yeah. illya, i think we both still working on the same case. but instead of being at our own dead ends we're now at the same dead end together. wait a minute. may be not. now, look. a person answers an ad in the paper, right? and he disappears...and a short while later his wife and two children or his mother or a...sweetheart packs up and goes away suddenly. soon after that, they're on a ship. soon that ship is seized and sunk by our pirate friend, and they're removed. right? along with shoe laces and powdered milk. know which ship they're on so he can seize them? well, he or somebody acting for him on dry land buys him the ticket. - uh.. - the man in the white suit. and mrs. barnman. that's right. left this morning early. shoved a note under my door saying here's two months rent in advance. keep everything tidy till she comes back. or, far be it from me to tell you fellows how to run your affairs. but it seems a simple enough matter. just find out what ship s