“A friend is minding them for me,” replied Blair.
“Do you think I am such a gawk as to swallow that story?”
“I can’t help it.”
“Those diamonds you stole from Monte Murphy.”
“I stole nothing from him.”
“Is there among the gems one large one of a greenish tint?”
“I have no such stone.”
“Of course the ones you have were not stolen?”
“I bought them on speculation,” replied the prisoner.
“Well, Bull,” said Hare, “you are, without any exception, the best single-handed liar I ever encountered.”