The face of the staff stooge suddenly lost its smile and Jubal thought gleefully that he had at last pinked him in the quick.  So he pushed his advantage. "Well?  Don't just sit there!  Get Gil on your inside line and tell him you've been keeping Jubal Harshaw waiting.  Tell him how long you've kept me waiting." Jubal reviewed in his own excellent memory all that Witness Cavendish had reported concerning the missing Berquist, plus the report on him from the detective service.  Yup, he thought happily, this lad is at least three rungs down the ladder from where Berquist was - so let's shake him up a little... and climb a couple of rungs in the process.