"Well, let's hear. What do you want?"
"My share of the jewels."
"Why didn't you take the lot, as you know where they are?"
"Can't get at them by myself. There's a way of doing it, but I don't know it. You're here, so I'm making use of you."
The Broker hesitated:
"Share the jewels. . . . Share the jewels. . . . A few bits of glass and brass, most likely. . . ."
"You fool! . . . There's more than a million's worth."
The men quivered under the impression made upon them.
"Very well," said the Broker. "But suppose the Kesselbach gets away? She's in the next room, isn't she?"
"No, she's in here."