We'll go there at once."
In a few moments, the three men had gone, and Zillah and Mrs. Goldmark,
left alone, looked at each other.
"Mrs. Goldmark!" said Zillah, after a long silence. "Did you see that man,
yourself, who's supposed to have dropped that platinum solitaire in your
restaurant?"
"Did I see him?" exclaimed Mrs. Goldmark. "Do I see you, Zillah? See him I
did!--though never before, and never since! And ain't I the good memory
for faces--and won't I know him again if he comes my way? Do you know
what?--I ain't never forgotten a face what I've once looked at! Comes from
keeping an eye on customers who looks as if they might have forgot to
bring their moneys with 'em!"
"Well, I hope you'll see this man again," remarked Zillah. "I'd give a lot
to get all the mystery cleared up."
Mrs. Goldmark observed that mysteries were not cleared up in a day, and
presently went away to see that her business was being conducted properly.
She was devoting herself to Zillah in very neighbourly fashion just then,
but she had to keep running into the restaurant every hour or two to keep
an eye on things.
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