When I came through the hall again a few minutes later, it was gone." This statement might, or might not, be true, but it did not seem to me to improve matters much for Inglethorp. 
Inglethorp was not impressed with that statement.
mnli hypothesis: Inglethorp was not impressed with that statement. premise: When I came through the hall again a few minutes later, it was gone." This statement might, or might not, be true, but it did not seem to me to improve matters much for Inglethorp. 