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Killigrew threw up his hands "And this is the London you've been

bragging about to me! How much was the ruby worth?"

"Don't know; nobody does It's one of those jewels you can't set a

price on He will not be able to dispose of it in its present shape

He'll break it up and sell the pieces, and that's the shame of it

Think of the infernal cleverness of the man! Two or three hundred

vehicles stalled in the street, fog so thick you couldn't see your hand

before your face Siame for a man with ready wit And the

police busy at the two ends of the block, trying to straighten out the

tangle Mrs Crawford says that the hand hite, slender and well

kept It ca

and waiting She was so unprepared for the act that she didn't even

try to catch the hand I have notified Scotland Yard But you can't