Purdie,
we're getting on! So you've been round to our place?--they told you,
there!"
"They gave us a mere outline," answered Purdie. "Just the bare facts. I
suppose you've heard nothing of the other Chinaman?"
"Not a circumstance--as yet," said Ayscough. "But I'm in hopes--I've done
a bit, I think, towards it--with Mr. Rubinstein's help, though he doesn't
quite understand my methods. But you, gentlemen--I came in to hear if
you'd anything to tell about Guyler. What did he think about what John
Purvis had to tell us this afternoon?"
"He wasn't surprised," answered Purdie. "Don't you remember that he
assured us from the very start that diamonds would be found to be at the
bottom of this. But he surprised us!"
"Aye? How?" asked Ayscough. "Some news?"
"Guyler swears that he saw Stephen Purvis this very morning," replied
Purdie. "He's confident of it!"
"Saw Stephen Purvis--this very morning!" exclaimed Ayscough. "Where, now?"
"Guyler had business down in the City--in the far end of it," said
Purdie. "He was crossing Bishopsgate when he saw Stephen Purvis--he swears
it was Stephen Purvis!--nothing can shake him! He, Purvis, was just
turning the corner into a narrow alley running out of the street.
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