“I was afraid that if she arrived over here she might give me away to the police. That’s why I pushed her overboard that stormy night.”
“Do you think Pierre Jacquet knows his wife ran away with you?”
“No; the ruffian believed she was entirely devoted to him. Poor little Aimee, if she had not such a nimble tongue she would be alive. The silly creature believed we could have been legally married in this country.”
“I think possession of that green diamond is unlucky,” remarked Enoch seriously.
The other laughed.
“I’ll bet,” said Kidd, “that if I asked you to take charge of it you would not refuse.”
“No; but I’d sell it as soon as possible,” returned Enoch.
“How much do you suppose it is worth?”
“That does not signify; we can never get anything like its real worth.”
“We should be able to get fifty thousand dollars or more.”