Jervis was pacing up and down, wondering how long it would be before Jonathan was let out of solitary. He wouldn't be surprised if it took more than an entire week. He shuddered. A week, locked up in that place. But, of course, he thought, this chief of security, he actually trembled a bit when he thought of him, obviously didn't know who he was dealing with. After all, Jonathan knew just about everything about fear.
And just what had Jonathan done to have earned so much time, he wondered. But then he himself had done nothing. He had simply demanded to have his belongings back, which of course, was reasonable. It was now obvious that this chief of security was not in the least like any of the others. While the others may have started out determined to prevent escapes and such, and they did make a few changes, but eventually they seemed to realize that the inmates were much too intelligent and astute. And they would usually give up, and perhaps resign. However, this particular one seemed the contrary. He seemed to like his job more and more and become much more efficient as time went by.
At least the doctors would say Lyle was efficient. None of the other chiefs of security had been so capable and done such a good job. Escapes had not only decreased, but now there were absolutely none! Lyle was just the kind of security personnel Arkham needed. They'd thought of hiring more, but Lyle insisted that he could handle the job himself, and didn't want them to have to spend any unnecessary money. So apart from Lyle himself, they only had relatively few people. At least compared to before.
The inmates were better behaved as well. Although now there seemed to be some kind of outbreak of the flu or something else among the inmates, which was a bit puzzling, as they knew nothing of Lyle's special treatment.
Of course, the real reason Lyle wanted no one else was because he wanted no one to mess up his system. Not only did he have complete control over the inmates, but he didn't want anyone intruding and messing his neatly organized system.