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"And a pretty one to put into a book, especially as it is quite true. But you have lost the ring, you say?" "I fancied so till to-night," Enid replied. "Indeed, I hardly knew what to think. Sometimes I imagined that Reginald Henson had it, at other times I imagined that it was utterly gone. But the mere fact that Henson possesses a copy practically convinces me that he has the original.
"I guess I don't recollect the fright," Chris drawled. "And if there was any fright I calculate it was on the other side. And how are you this morning? You look as if you had been in the wars. Got some trouble with your throat, or what?" "A slight operation," Henson said, airily. "I have been speaking too much in public lately and a little something had to be removed. I am much better."
We should have had to tell the whole story, and then Henson would have learnt what steps we were taking to get rid of him." Rawlins was quiet for some time. Admiration for the scheme was uppermost in his mind, but there was another thought that caused him to glance curiously at Chris. "And that is all you know?" he asked. "Not quite," Chris replied.
When you sold that copy of the 'Crimson Blind' to Lord Littimer had you the other copy?" "Ach, you have got to the bottom of things, it seems," Van Sneck gurgled. "Yes, and I have saved your life, foolish as it might seem," Bell replied. "You came very near to losing it the second attempt last night at Henson's hands. Henson is done for, played out, burst up.
Then I what you call pump Merritt, and he tells me all about the supposed robbery at Amsterdam and what was found in the portmanteau of good Dr. Bell yonder. Then I go to Henson and tell him what I find out, and he laughs. Mind you, that was after I came here from Paris on business for Henson." "About the time you bought that diamond-mounted cigar-case?" David asked, quietly. Van Sneck nodded.
Because they had taken a deal of trouble to conceal the fact that Bell had been in the house. "Dr. Walker should have called in another opinion," she said, mockingly. "The man was too conceited for that, and you know it," Henson growled; "and finely you played upon his vanity." Enid was satisfied.
Merritt, I don't propose to tell you too much, but you can help me a little farther on the way. That cigar-case you saw in Van Sneck's possession passed to Mr. Henson. By him, or by somebody in his employ, it was substituted for a precisely similar case intended for a present to Mr. Steel. The substitution has caused Mr. Steel a great deal of trouble."
A minute later and she was followed by Henson, still puzzling his racking head to know what had happened. David would have followed, but the need for caution flashed upon him. If he stood there perfectly still Henson would never know who his antagonist was. David stood there waiting. As he glanced round he saw some little object glittering near to his feet. It was the ruby ring!
She had heard all about Lady Littimer's adventure with the ring, and her stubborn refusal to give Henson any further supplies. "Presently I can tell you who disappointed Henson," she said. "But fancy you being short of " "Of ready money; I frequently am. One of your great millionaires told me lately that he was frequently hard up for a thousand pounds cash.
And Van Sneck was in the way. Steel goes out to meet you or some of your friends. All his household are in bed. As a novelist he comes and goes as he likes and nobody takes any heed. He goes and leaves his door on the latch. Any money it is the common latch they put on thousands of doors. Henson lets himself into the house and coolly waits Van Sneck's coming. The rest you can imagine."
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