"Tell me, Matteo, does that change me?"
"Yes, perfectly."
"Good! take this."
"What, jewels?"
"Hush! hear all, see all, and say nothing. Away with you, now."
"Yes. Where to?"
"Back to the mountains, where we can always guard what we ourselves have made."
"True."
Just then there was a commotion in the ball-room, and a voice was heard to cry out—
"The contessa has lost her richest diamonds and other precious stones. There are robbers here. No one must leave the grounds."