No one saw him climb one of the garden walls, no one heard him break open a door; he had retreated within the shadow of the garden walls, and was seen or heard of no more." "One of the servants in the Phillimore Terrace houses must have belonged to the gang," said Polly with quick decision.
"Ah, yes! but which ?" said the man in the corner, making a beautiful knot in his bit of string.

"I can assure you that the police left not a stone unturned once more to catch sight of that tramp whom they had had in custody for two days, but not a trace of him could they find, nor of the diamonds, from that day to this.".