“How dare you lie to me?”

Barry pulled the high priest away.

“Well,” said Cook, “suppose I do know Henry Stolburst?”

“You admit knowing him?”

“Yes,” replied Enoch, making an immediate change of tactics.

“You were in his employ?”

“Yes.”

“Did you ever see in his possession a wondrous diamond of greenish hue?”

“I did.”

“You have become very candid.”