As Nina was about to run up to the second floor to say hello, Duncan appeared at the top of the staircase.
He had heard the noise coming from downstairs.
"Mr. Duncan," Maurice came up to the stairs, looking up at the "Captain" peering down, "I found the symbol you showed me in a document about the Ancient Crete Kingdom... At least it's very similar."
Duncan noticed the slight redness in Maurice's eyes and his slightly swollen eyelids, clearly, the old scholar had gone to some lengths to find this information, yet his eyes gleamed with excitement, his spirits were exceptionally lifted—this was the kind of vitality that came only when one was immersed in research and had finally achieved something.
Duncan glanced at Nina and Alice and others downstairs, nodded slightly: "You all man the shop."
Then he looked at Maurice: "Come upstairs to talk."
