“Yes; I’ve handled a few.”
“I have the largest diamond in the known world, I believe.”
Monte smiled.
“Let me see it,” he said.
“I can’t.”
“Then you haven’t got it?”
“Well, it amounts to the same thing; a pal has the stone.”
“Do you own it?”
“We hold equal shares.”
“Sure I couldn’t tell how much the jewel is worth without seeing it; and, by the way, I haven’t seen anything in the newspapers about any one losing such a great diamond. I think, young man, you are slightly off your base.”