'Where does Mirelle keep her diamonds?'
'I do not know. I have come here to-day for the first time.'
'I wish you would find out.'
'I can find out fast enough.'
'I say, Orange. If I could finger them, you wouldn't see much of me for many a day, and that is what your sisterly heart desires.'
'I wish I could be sure of that.'
'You are not over fond of the Countess Candlesticks, I reckon.'
'I hate her,' answered Orange, vehemently.
'You would not mind getting those diamonds for me, would you? She don't want them. What use can she make of them in a desert like this? She would not miss them.'
'I tell you, Sampy, I do not know where they are, and what is more, if I did know, I would not give them to you. I am not going to risk my place in the house for you.'