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It was as big as a moderately sized hazel nut, and the three men who looked at it knew that it was something wonderful. "Take a chair, Mr. Van Hoeren," said Mr. Pawle genially. "You want to tell me something about this Ashton case? Very much obliged to you, I'm sure.
"Diamonds, I believe, are to Hatton Garden what cabbages and carrots are to Covent." He touched his bell, and the clerk appeared. "Bring Mr. Van Hoeren this way," he said. There entered, hat in hand, bowing all round, a little fat, beady-eyed man, whose beard was blue-black and glossy, whose lips were red, whose nose was his most decided feature.
And whatever business had taken him to Marketstoke, they could find no written reference to it; nor could they discover anything about the diamond of which Mr. Van Hoeren had spoken. They went upstairs to his bedroom and examined the drawers, cabinets and dressing-case they found nothing. "This is distinctly disappointing," remarked Mr. Pawle when he and Viner returned to the little room.
"You've done business with Mr. Ashton?" asked the old lawyer. "Just so!" "No done nothing," replied Mr. Van Hoeren. "Not a shilling's worth. But we know him. He came down there. And we don't see nothing in them papers that we expected to see, and today two or three of us, we lunch together, and Haas, he says: 'Them lawyer men, he says, 'they want information. You go and give it to 'em. So!"
"I suppose all the people you introduced him to are all right?" he asked. "Oh, they're all right!" affirmed Mr. Van Hoeren, with a laugh. "Give my word for any of 'em, eh? But Ashton if he pulls that diamond out to show to anybody out of the trade, you understand well, then, there's lots of fellows in this town would settle him to get hold of it what?" "I think you're right," said Mr. Pawle.
But if he gets showing it to other people, in public places what?" "Just so!" asserted Mr. Pawle. "Sheer tempting of Providence! I'm amazed! But how did you get to know Mr. Ashton and to hear of this diamond? Did he come to you?" "Called on me at my office," answered Mr. Van Hoeren laconically. "Pulled out the diamond and asked me what I thought it was worth.
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