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If you keep perfectly still, I'll have it found in such a fashion that you'll never be suspected. If, on the other hand, you say a word about to night's events, I'll hand you over to the police.' "'Humph!' he said. 'You couldn't prove a case against me.' "'I can prove any case against anybody,' I retorted. 'If you don't believe it, read my book,' I added, and I handed him a copy of my memoirs. IF YOU KEEP PERFECTLY STILL I'LL HAVE IT FOUND IN SUCH A FASHION THAT YOU'LL NEVER BE SUSPECTED IF ON THE OTHER HAND YOU SAY A WORD ABOUT TO NIGHT'S ADVANCE I'LL HAND YOU OVER TO THE POLICE HUMPH HE SAID YOU COULDN'T PROVE A CASE AGAINST ME I CAN PROVE ANY CASE AGAINST ANYBODY I RETORTED IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT READ MY BOOK I ADDED AND I HANDED HIM A COPY OF MY MEMOIRS
r part of it all is that I have the watch and you have the tiara. We’ll swap the swag. Hand over the bauble, please.’ “‘But—’ he began. “‘We won’t have any butting, your Grace,’ said I. ‘I’ll give you the watch, and you needn’t mind the £200; and you must give me the tiara, or I’ll accompany you forthwith to the police, and have a search made of your hat. It won’t pay you to defy me. Give it up.’ “He gave up the hat at once, and, as I suspected, there lay the tiara, snugly stowed away behind the head-band. “‘You are a great fellow,’ said I, as I held the tiara up to the light and watched with pleasure the flashing brilliance of its gems. “‘I beg you’ll not expose me,’ he moaned. ‘I was driven to it by necessity.’ “‘Not I,’ I replied. ‘As long as you play fair it will be all right. I’m not going to keep this thing. I’m not married, and so have no use for such a trifle; but what I do intend is simply to wait until your wife retains me to find it, and then I’ll find it and get the reward. ED SIX SHOOTERS OUT OF MY ESCRITOIRE THE QUEER PART OF IT ALL IS THAT I HAVE THE WATCH AND YOU HAVE THE TIARA WE'LL SWAP THE SWAG HAND OVER THE BALL PLEASE BUT HE BEGAN WE WON'T HAVE ANY BUTTING YOUR GRACE SAID I I'LL GIVE YOU THE WATCH AND YOU NEEDN'T MIND THE TWO HUNDRED POUNDS AND YOU MUST GIVE ME THE TIARA OR I'LL ACCOMPANY YOU FORTHWITH TO THE POLICE AND HAVE A SEARCH MAID OF YOUR HAT IT WON'T PAY YOU TO DEFY ME GIVE IT UP HE GAVE UP THE HAT AT ONCE AND AS I SUSPECTED THERE LAY THE TIARA SNUGLY STOWED AWAY BEHIND THE HEAD BAND YOU ARE A GREAT FELLOW SAID I AS I HELD THE TIARA UP TO THE LIGHT AND WATCHED WITH PLEASURE THE FLASHING BRILLIANCE OF ITS GEMS I BEG YOU'LL NOT EXPOSE ME HE MOANED I WAS DRIVEN TO IT BY NECESSITY NOT I I REPLIED AS LONG AS YOU PLAY FAIR IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP THIS THING I'M NOT MARRIED AND SO HAVE NO USE FOR SUCH A TRIFLE BUT WHAT I DO INTEND IS SIMPLY TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR WIFE RETAINS ME TO FIND IT AND THEN I'LL FIND IT AND GET THE REWARD
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