"You no doubt wondered why I told that chap so much?" he whispered.
"Especially about that diamond! But I had my reasons--and particularly for
telling him about its value."
"It isn't what I should ha' done, Mr. Ayscough," said Melky, "and it
didn't ought to come out in the newspapers, neither--so I think! 'Tain't a
healthy thing to let the public know there's an eighty-thousand pound
diamond loose somewhere in London--and as to telling that slant-eyed
fellow in there--"
"You wait a bit, my lad!" interrupted Ayscough. "I had my reasons--good
'uns. Now, look here, we're going to watch that door awhile. If the Jap
comes out--as I've an idea he will--we're going to follow. And as you're
younger, and slimmer, and less conspicuous than I am, if he should emerge,
keep on the shadowy side of the street, at a safe distance, and follow him
as cleverly as you can. I'll follow you."
"What new game's this?" asked Melky.
"Never mind!" replied Ayscough. "And, if it does come to following, and he
should take a cab, contrive to be near--there's a good many people about,
and if you're careful he'll never see you.
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