"Minnie! Do you really think I am a fool? I can make every allowance--God knows I have done so often enough before--but you must tell me where those stones are before I leave this room."
"Do you mean to suggest that I--I have stolen them?"
"Call it what you please! I am only asking you to tell me where you have put them. That is all."
"On what evidence do you suspect me of this monstrous crime?"
"Evidence? What do I need with evidence? Minnie, for God's sake, don't let us argue. You know that you are dearer to me than life, but this time--even at the sacrifice of life!--I cannot save you from the consequence of your own act."
"The consequence of my own act. What do you mean?"
"I mean this, that unless those diamonds are immediately forthcoming, this night you will sleep in jail."
"In jail! I sleep in jail! Is this some hideous dream?"
"Oh, my darling, for both our sakes tell me where the diamonds are."
"Charlie, I know no more where they are than the man in the moon."