"And, gentlemen, call off your detectives.

The secret is now more yours than mine.
It destroys _you_ if it becomes known, not _me!_ The New York police have turned this end of the investigation over to the local police, and they are fools; all the forms have been complied with, so this place is safe.

Now call off your men! On the day the last diamond is delivered to you, and the payment of one hundred million dollars is completed, everything here will be destroyed.

That's all!" "One hundred million dollars!" repeated Mr.Latham.

"Even if we accept the proposition, Schultze, how can we raise that enormous sum within a year, and preserve the secret ?" "Id ain'd a question of _can_, Laadham--id's a question of _musd_," was the reply.