"There you are," said Dick triumphantly.
"I couldn't have said such a thing," protested the man. "At any rate, you have shown that I didn't steal the diamond from your store."
"I have merely admitted that I did not see you take the stone. You'll have to explain how you came to have the missing stone in your possession when you came here to pawn it."
"That stone belongs to the lady who was with me. It never came out of your store."
"All right. When the manager arrives he will know the stone."
"I don't care what he will have to say about it. The stone belongs to the lady."
"You have been claiming it as your own right along."
"Well, what's hers is mine, in a way."
"Is she your wife?"
"It's none of your business whether she is or not."