Hal started for the door. Hardwick caught him by the arm, and shoved him back.
"Stay here! There is my pocket-book."
"Hal, you may remain." Mr. Sumner took the pocket-book and counted the money in it. "A hundred and eighty dollars," he went on. "Have you any more with you?"
"No."
"Is that a genuine diamond you are wearing?"
"Yes."
"What is it worth?"
"It cost seventy-five dollars."
"Then listen to me; I have found out that you are a pretty high liver, Hardwick, and you have probably squandered nearly all of what you have stolen——"
"Look here, I——"