The man who carried the necklace out of the house, and who
broke open the box at Carlisle, will be tried--as will also Benjamin, who
disposed of the diamonds. I have told you the whole story, as it has been
told to me by the woman Crabstick. Of course you will deny the truth of
it, if it be untrue." Lizzie sat with her eyes fixed upon the floor, but
said nothing. She could not speak. "If you will allow me, Lady Eustace, to
give you advice--really friendly advice----"
"Oh, pray do."
"You had better admit the truth of the story, if it is true."
"They were my own," she whispered.
"Or, at any rate, you believed that they were. There can be no doubt, I
think, as to that. No one supposes that the robbery at Carlisle was
arranged on your behalf."
"Oh, no."
"But you had taken them out of the box before you went to bed at the inn?"
"Not then."
"But you had taken them?"
"I did it in the morning before I started from Scotland. They frightened
me by saying the box would be stolen."
"Exactly--and then you put them into your desk here, in this house?"
"Yes--sir."
"I should tell you, Lady Eustace, that I had not a doubt about this before
I came here.
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