"Oh; I am enlightened! All the same, I shall never see my diamonds more."
"You don't seem much troubled."
"Pride, all pride! I'm heart broken."
"You are a most nonchalant young lady."
"Yes,—it's contagious."
Then they both laugh, and relapse into silence. Presently, she says:
"We are sure to have the wrong man. Why did you not tell me the name of your great detective, so that I might have commissioned Mr. Lamotte to bring him? That man has been in my mind all day. You have made me enamored of him."
"Why?" laughing indulgently; "I barely mentioned him."
"No matter; you say he is a splendid officer?"
"There is no better. I know of none as good."