A coincidence--perhaps.

We now come to the robbery of the Countess Ahmberg, the third on the list.
Jack Andrews was a guest at her house, as I have explained to you.

No blame has ever attached to this youthful adventurer, yet my firm, always interested in the pearls they have sold, advised me to keep an eye on him when he returned to America.

I did so.
"Now, Mr.Merrick, I will add to the tale I told you the other night.
Andrews behaved very well for a few weeks after he landed at New York; then he disposed of seven fine pearls and--disappeared.

They were not notable pearls, especially, but two of them I was able to trace to the necklace of Princess Lemoine.