8/13 If I turn loose a billion dollars' worth of diamonds within the year you are ruined--all of you. You _know_ that--it's hardly necessary to tell you. And, gentlemen, I don't care to do it." "What is your proposition ?" queried Mr.Latham quietly. His face was ghastly white; haggard lines, limned by amazement and realization, were marked clearly on it. "What is your proposition ?" he repeated. |