“A man named Cohen, an American, was found dead in the river quite recently.”
Lala stopped dead and clutched his arm.
“How do you know?” she demanded.
“There was a paragraph in this morning's paper.”
She hesitated, then:
“Did it describe him?” she asked.
“No,” replied Durham, “I don't think it did in detail. At least, the only part of the description which I remember is that he wore a large and valuable diamond on his left hand.”
“Oh!” whispered Lala.
She released her grip of Durham's arm and went on.
“What?” he asked. “Did you think it was someone you knew?”