It would make him avoid all the ordinary methods of concealment.
He could not be so weak as to suppose that even the most ingenious of hiding places in his house would not be discovered by the magnifying glass of the Captain.
I realized that the minister would be forced to adopt a simple solution to the problem of concealment.
You will remember how the Captain laughed when I suggested to him at first mystery troubled him so much because of its simplicity?
Yes, said I, I remember his laughter well.
I really thought he would have fallen onto the floor.