I say!--do you know what Guyler's theory is about that diamond of
Stephen's?"
"No--and what might Mr. Guyler's theory be, now Mr. Lauriston?" enquired
the detective. "There's such a lot of ingenious theories about that one
may as well try to take in another. Mr. Rubinstein there is about weary of
theories."
But Melky was pricking his ears at the mere mention of anything relating
to the diamond.
"That's his chaff, Mr. Lauriston," he said. "Never mind him! What does
Guyler think?"
"Well, of course, Guyler doesn't know yet about the Chinese development,"
said Lauriston. "Guyler thinks the robbery has been the work of a gang--a
clever lot of diamond thieves who knew about Stephen Purvis's find of the
orange-yellow thing and put in a lot of big work about getting it when it
reached England. And he believes that that gang has kidnapped Levendale,
and that Stephen Purvis is working in secret to get at them. That's
Guyler's notion, anyhow."
"Well!" said Ayscough. "And there may be something in it! For this search
--how do we know that at any rate one of these Chinamen mayn't have had
some connection with this gang? You never know--and to get a dead straight
line at a thing's almost impossible.
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