"Do you know the ring? Could you identify it?"
"Certainly," replied Jaspar, who remembered having seen an ornament of this description on the finger of Emily.
"Will you describe it to me, if you please?"
But Jaspar had reckoned without his host. The details of a piece of jewelry were matters entirely foreign to his taste. However, he succeeded in giving a description, which, from its general terms, might have applied to one mourning ring as well as another.
"Is this the one?" asked Dalhousie, with an anxiety which he could scarcely conceal, as he produced a ring.
"That is it," replied Jaspar, confidently; and the jewel did bear some resemblance to that worn by Emily.
"But where did you obtain this?"
"I must insist on the most inviolable secrecy."
"Certainly, certainly," said Jaspar, eagerly.
"I will disclose the particulars only on the condition that you pledge yourself never to reveal my agency in the matter; for it would compromise my character."