But his mind was ill at ease; and he knew that so much
might be done with the diamonds in four months! They might even now be in
the hands of some Benjamin or of some Harter, and it might soon be beyond
the power either of lawyers or of policemen to trace them. He therefore
went up from Dawlish and persuaded John Eustace to come from Yorkshire. It
was a great nuisance, and Eustace freely anathematised the necklace. "If
only some one would steal it, so that we might hear no more of the thing,"
he said. But, as Mr. Camperdown had frequently remarked, the value was too
great for trifling, and Eustace went up to London. Mr. Camperdown put into
his hands the Turtle Dove's opinion, explaining that it was by no means
expedient that it should be shown to the other party. Eustace thought that
the opinion should be common to them all. "We pay for it," said Mr.
Camperdown, "and they can get their opinion from any other barrister if
they please." But what was to be done? Eustace declared that as to the
present whereabouts of the necklace he did not in the least doubt that he
could get the truth from Frank Greystock. He therefore wrote to Greystock,
and with that letter in his pocket Frank rode over to the castle for the
last time.
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