I turned and climbed down to where I'd left Turold.

His face was all aglow with rage.

'The infernal scoundrel!' he said, then--'Did you get the diamonds ?' 'How was I to get them when I never caught him ?' I said.

'Then we'll get them off his body in the morning,' he said in a low tone.

'You'll never do that,' says I.He asks me why not, turning on me a face as savage as a dog's.