"So I see."
"I don't think it belonged to this girl. She looks as if she were the maid, or possibly the companion, of some woman of wealth or distinction. Her attire also indicates that. Hence so valuable a toy can hardly have belonged to the girl, but more likely was the property of her mistress."
"No name on it?"
"Not even an initial. Not a mark of any kind."
"It is empty."
"Yes."
"Can the girl have been robbed of its contents, here and in broad daylight?"
"Worse, Chick!" whispered Nick, between his teeth. "Worse even than that."
"Good heavens, Nick! What do you mean?"
"Chick, this girl was foully murdered!"