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 Diamonds! ,I stared, fascinated, at the glassy heap on the bunk. I picked up one which, but for the weight, might have been a fragment of broken bottle.,“Are you sure, Suzanne? ”,“Oh, yes, my dear. I’ve seen rough diamonds too often to have any doubts. They’re beauties too, Anne—and some of them are unique, I should say. There’s a history behind these.
”,“The history we heard to-night,” I cried.,“You mean——? ”,“To see its effect, you mean?
”,I nodded.,“Its effect on Sir Eustace?”,“Yes. ”,But, even as I said it, a doubt assailed me. Was it Sir Eustace who had been subjected to a test, or had the story been told for my benefit? I remembered the impression I had received on that former night of having been deliberately “pumped.
” For some reason or other, Colonel Race was suspicious. But where did he come in? What possible connection could he have with the affair?,