When Mr.Camperdown examined the entry himself in the jewellers' book, he found the figures to be so blotted that they might represent either the 4th or 24th September.

Now, the 4th September had been the day preceding Sir Florian's marriage.

John Eustace only knew that he had seen the necklace worn in Scotland by his mother.

The bishop only knew that he had often seen them on the neck of his sister-in-law when, as was very often the case, she appeared in full-blown society.

Mr.
Camperdown believed that he had traced two stories to Lizzie,--one, repeated more than once, that the diamonds had been given to her in London, and a second, made to himself, that they had been given to her at Portray.