"What?"
"Diamonds, sir."
"I didn't know there were diamonds—except in that pendulum."
The other gave a faint sigh.
"Were those in the box of any great value?"
Caw moistened his lips. "Six hundred thousand pounds—"
"Oh, nonsense!"
"My master's words, sir."
"Then—why should they have been left lying there?"
"My master's orders, sir."