"I ain't a racing man," replied Grobey, "but I knows an oss when I sees it."
"Don't equivocate, sir, if you please. Recollect you are upon your oath," said Strachan, irritated by a slight titter which followed upon Grobey's answer. "I mean studs, sir—emerald studs for example?"
"I ain't. But the lady is," replied Grobey.
"How do you mean, sir?"
"'Cos there vos five pair on them taken out of pawn with her tickets."
"How do you know that, sir?"
"'Cos I see'd them."
"Were you at Jedburgh, sir, in the month of April last?"
"I was."