"It's a girl then," sneered Charvington.
"You mentioned the word 'heiress' yourself," remarked Jabez, with emphasis.
"A mere guess. And what of the cross?"
"Hale says that the girl will produce it."
"Humph! I don't believe that the girl will produce stolen property. You know that the cross was stolen from my house?"
"So I believe," said Jabez politely.
"Yes, Walker here told me, though how it got into my library----"
"I can tell you that now, Lord Charvington," interposed George, "as I heard the truth from Canning the other day. Sargent employed Canning to steal the cross in order to pass it over to your wife."
Charvington bounded from his chair. "What did she want with it?"
"I can't say--I don't----"