Philip's heart throbbed when he heard the estimate.
"Then I can have a few pounds——" he commenced.
"Steady. You are not in such a hurry; eh? You won't tell me where you got it?"
"I may, later, if you continue to deal with me as honestly as you have done already."
Isaacstein moved on his seat. Even in a chair he wanted to wobble. There was a slight pause.
"Have you any more like this stone? I suppose not, eh?"
"Yes, I have many more."
"Eh? What? Boy, do you know what you are saying?"
"No doubt you are surprised, sir, but not more than I am myself. Yet, it is true. I have some—as big again."
Philip, in his eagerness, nearly forgot his resolution to advance slowly. How the diamond merchant would shake if only he could see some of the white pebbles in the meteor.