“‘You know my wife, sir!’ roared the Count.
“‘True.’
“‘She is in her husband’s power.’
“‘That is possible.’
“‘She had no right to dispose of those diamonds——’
“‘Precisely.’
“‘Very well, sir?’
“‘Very well, sir. I knew your wife, and she is in her husband’s power; I am quite willing, she is in the power of a good many people; but—I—do—not—know—your diamonds. If Mme. la Comtesse can put her name to a bill, she can go into business, of course, and buy and sell diamonds on her own account. The thing is plain on the face of it!’
“‘Good-day, sir!’ cried the Count, now white with rage. ‘There are courts of justice.’
“‘Quite so.’