And then it occurred to her, quick as thought could
flash, that it might be well that Mr. Camperdown should be made to believe
that they had been stolen. And so she kept her secret. The reflections of
the next half-hour told her how very great would now be her difficulties.
But, as she had not disclosed the truth at first, she could hardly
disclose it now.
CHAPTER XLV
THE JOURNEY TO LONDON
When we left Lady Eustace alone in her bedroom at the Carlisle hotel after
the discovery of the robbery, she had very many cares upon her mind. The
necklace was, indeed, safe under her pillow in the bed; but when all the
people were around her--her own friends, and the police, and they who were
concerned with the inn--she had not told them that it was so, but had
allowed them to leave her with the belief that the diamonds had gone with
the box. Even at this moment, as she knew well, steps were being taken to
discover the thieves, and to make public the circumstances of the robbery.
Already, no doubt, the fact that her chamber had been entered in the
night, and her jewel-box withdrawn, was known to the London police
officers.
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