She says she's got no money to pay neither me nor the doctor, so she give me this, and wants me to sell it.

I daren't show it! They'd say I stole it! She declares that if I mention to a living soul where I got it, she'll never speak to me again.

In course she didn't mean you, sir, seein' as doctors an' clergymen ain't nobody--leastways nobody to speak on--and I'm sure I beg your pardon, sir, but my meanin' is as they ain't them as ain't to be told things.

I declare I'm most terrified to set eyes on the thing!" She handed the doctor a little morocco case.

He opened it, and saw a ring, which was plainly of value.