But that was to save my
feelings, no doubt, for I was sure the husband and wife meant to make a
parcel of any valuables which could possibly be carried off by an
unscrupulous American journalist. Also, they stipulated that payment
must be made in advance. To this I agreed willingly. And then--I waited,
waited. It was tedious, but after all, the tediousness didn't matter
much when I came to think of it. It would be impossible to do the thing
I had made up my mind to do, till after dark.
MAXINE DE RENZIE'S PART
CHAPTER XVII
MAXINE MAKES A BARGAIN
We looked everywhere, in all possible places, for the diamond necklace,
Raoul and I; and to him, poor fellow, its second loss seemed
overwhelming. He did not see in glaring scarlet letters always before
his eyes these two words: "The treaty," as I did--for my punishment. He
was in happy ignorance still of that other loss which I--I, to whom his
honour should have been sacred--had inflicted upon him. He was satisfied
with my story; that through a person employed by me--a person whose name
could not yet be mentioned, even to him--the necklace had been snatched
from the thief who had stolen it.
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