Suddenly the frank amazement had vanished from the faces of these men, and he found only the tense interest of an audience watching a clever juggler.
For a time Mr.Schultze studied the Orloff duplicate, then passed it along to the experts.
"Der grand Cullinan diamond weighs only two or d'ree pounds," he questioned in a tone of deep resignation.

"Maybe you haf _him_ in der backage, alretty ?" "Not yet," replied Mr.Wynne, "but I may possibly get that on my next trip out.

Who knows ?" There was a long, tense silence.

Mechanically Mr.Czenki placed the three spheres and the replicas in an orderly little row on the table in front of him and the uncut stones beside them--six, seven, eight million dollars' worth of diamonds.
"Gentlemen, are you convinced ?" demanded Mr.Wynne suddenly.

"Is there one lingering doubt in any mind here as to the tremendous find which makes the production of all those possible ?" "Id iss der miracle, Mr.Vynne," admitted the German gravely, after a little pause.