"But not diamonds—not this same material?"
"I suppose they were. They looked just like it."
"Then why didn't you bring a larger piece? It would be a fabulous fortune, in itself."
Cyrus seemed uncertain as to his answer. "Well—there were—many reasons. One was that I did not know they were diamonds. Another was that I needed both hands for other purposes and could not carry—just at that moment—anything too large to go in my pocket. In fact I tried to pick up a beautifully carved fragment nearly the size of a football, but I had to drop it for this smaller one."
The three jewelers regarded him with eager faces, as children listen to a fairy tale. Mr. Bressani in a low, somewhat awe stricken tone, said:
"And there is really much of it?"
"Lots of it."
"But, of course, you are not absolutely sure it is the same material?"
"Well—I saw the other part of the one in your hand lying beside it, and it was four or five times the size of this one."