"We are alone," Jack said.
"See here, then."
Alfonso took his hand and placed it on his flesh. Jack felt a lump under the skin.
"What's that?" he asked.
"The diamond," replied Alfonso, under his breath.
"Impossible! how could it get there?" Jack asked, incredulously.
"Didn't I tell you they brought me down with a bullet?"
"Yes."
"Well, they saw it had lodged just under the skin, and the brutes didn't think it worth while to get the doctor to cut it out. A day or two afterward I found the diamond."
"Well?"