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Edinburgh's stole them, and Edinburgh'll have to give them back. It's no use your waiting here I won't budge an inch. She paused abruptly, suddenly catching sight of Fullaway, who at once moved towards her with a confidential and reassuring smile. "You!" she exclaimed. "What brings you here? And who's that with you surely the gentleman of whom I asked my way in some wild place the other night!
"Doing good business, I reckon?" he said, with true Yorkshire curiosity. "What's it run to, now?" Fullaway showed his fine white teeth in a genial laugh. "Oh, I've turned over two and three millions in a year in this little den!" he answered cheerily. "Varies, you know, according to what people have got to sell, and what good buyers there are knocking around."
And for the fraction of a second he was half-minded to tell all he knew to Fullaway there and then and it was only by a still stronger effort of will that he restrained his tongue, determined to keep a stricter silence than ever, and replied to the American in an offhand, casual tone. "News?" he said, with a half-laugh. "Nay, not that I know of. They take their time, those detective chaps.
The party of six went across to the quiet spot which the chief had indicated, and Fullaway and Appleyard obligingly arranged the chairs in a group. Seated in the midst and quite conscious that she was the centre of attraction in several ways, Miss Slade began her explanation of the events and mysteries which had culminated in the recent sensational event.
But we don't know Fullaway. He may be all right, but you could only call him a bird of passage, like. He can close down his business and be away out of England to-morrow, and, personally, I don't believe in letting him into every secret about all this affair until we know more about him. You see, Mr.
"Yes without doubt," replied Fullaway. "I believe the two affairs all spring from the same plot. That plot, in my opinion, has originated from a clever gang who, somehow or other, got to know that Mr. James Allerdyke was bringing over the Princess Nastirsevitch's jewels, and who also turned their eyes on Zélie de Longarde's valuables.
"I wish I'd never spent a penny on pearls or diamonds in my life!" she said vehemently. "Insane folly! What good have they done? Leading to all this bother, and to murder. What fools women are! All that money thrown away! for of course I shall never see a sign of them again!" "That's a rather hopeless way of looking at it," observed Fullaway.
Allerdyke encountered this direct question with a long, fixed stare of growing comprehension; his silence showed that he was gradually taking in its significance. "Aye, just so!" he said at last. "Just so! How much do I know of any of 'em? Well, of Fullaway no more than I've seen. Of his secretary no more than what I've seen and heard. Of Delkin no more than that such a man exists.
Ladies and gentlemen, once more! your most kind, most considerate indulgence! I go there just now I fly; swift, to the hotel, to entreat Mademoiselle on my knees to return with me! In the meantime " As Weiss retired from the platform, and the longhaired 'cellist came upon it, Fullaway sprang up, dragging Allerdyke after him.
"But," he said, tapping the table in emphasis of his words, "there was somebody else who knew of this deal, somebody whose name Fullaway there steadfastly refuses to bring in. Delkin!" Fullaway suddenly laughed, throwing up his arms. "Delkin!" he exclaimed satirically. "A millionaire several times over! The thing's ridiculous, Van Koon! Delkin would kick me out if I went and asked him "
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