Herriot is not stupid and is never in
love."
"Nevertheless, he is Lubin if I choose to call him so. Why did he twiddle
his thumbs instead of talking? Have you heard anything of Lord Fawn?"
"I have had a letter from your brother-in-law."
"And what is John the Just pleased to say?"
"John the Just, which is a better name for the man than the other, has
been called up to London, much against his will, by Mr. Camperdown."
"Who is Samuel the Unjust." Mr. Camperdown's name was Samuel.
"And now wants to know where this terrible necklace is at this present
moment." He paused a moment, but Lizzie did not answer him. "I suppose you
have no objection to telling me where it is."
"None in the least, or to giving it you to keep for me, only that I would
not so far trouble you. But I have an objection to telling them. They are
my enemies. Let them find out."
"You are wrong, Lizzie. You do not want, or at any rate should not want,
to have any secret in the matter."
"They are here, in the castle; in the very place in which Sir Florian kept
them when he gave them to me. Where should my own jewels be but in my own
house? What does that Mr.
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