"A gold ring set with a diamond."
"Did you receive it?"
"No, sir. I felt that in taking a ring from him I would be giving an irrevocable promise, and I was not ready to do that."
"Did you allow him to put it on your finger?"
"I did."
"And it remained there?" suggested Mr. Ferris, with a smile.
"A minute, may be."
"Which of you, then, took it off?"
"I did."