Tomlinson, nothing loath, followed the example.

Heavens! what exclamations of delight issued from the scoundrels' lips, as, one by one, they inspected their new acquisitions! "Here's a magnificent creature!" cried Ned, handling that superb watch studded with jewels which the poor earl had once before unavailingly redeemed,--"a repeater, by Jove!" "I hope not," said the phlegmatic Augustus; "repeaters will not tell well for your conversation, Ned! But, powers that be! look at this ring,--a diamond of the first water!" "Oh, the sparkler! it makes one's mouth water as much as itself.
'Sdeath, here's a precious box for a sneezer,--a picture inside, and rubies outside! The old fellow had excellent taste; it would charm him to see how pleased we are with his choice of jewelry!" "Talking of jewelry," said Tomlinson, "I had almost forgotten the morocco case.

Between you and me, I imagine we have a prize there; it looks like a jewel casket!" So saying, the robber opened that case which on many a gala day had lent lustre to the polished person of Mauleverer.

Oh, reader, the burst of rapture that ensued! Imagine it! we cannot express it.

Like the Grecian painter, we drop a veil over emotions too deep for words.
"But here," said Pepper, when they had almost exhausted their transports at sight of the diamonds,--"here's a purse,--fifty guineas! And what's this?
Notes, by Jupiter! We must change them to-morrow before they are stopped.