"Never a larger one," declared Chick, with a laugh. "By Jove! Nick, if Kilgore has really found a way to produce such perfect counterfeit diamonds, his gang could work the greatest swindle ever known, unless headed off."
"That is their game, all right," said Nick. "From the very first I have suspected something extraordinary. They are not the stamp of criminals to dicker with petty jobs."
"I should say not."
"Far from it."
"One thing is plain."
"Namely?"
"Where Cervera gets her diamonds, and of what they consist."
"True. She certainly is one of the gang."
"With such counterfeits as those worked upon Pylotte, and one big jewelry concern to help market the goods, they could clean up millions in a very short time."
"No doubt of it. And they have their jewelry concern, all right."