"Because if it had been there I should have seen it."
"What kind of watch-guard was Mr. Bellingham wearing?"
"Oh, an ordinary sort of watch-guard."
"I mean was it a chain or a ribbon or a strap?"
"A chain, I think—or perhaps a ribbon—or it might have been a strap."
His lordship flattened his eyelids, but made no further sign and Mr.
Loram continued:
"Did you or did you not notice what kind of watch-guard Mr. Bellingham was wearing?"
"I did not. Why should I? It was no business of mine."
"But yet you are quite sure about the scarab?"
"Yes, quite sure."