He examined the design curiously.
"How do you detach it ?" he asked.
"I cannot detach it, sir," I answered.

"The bracelet has a Bramah lock, and Lord Chelsford has the key.

He used to wear it many years ago when he was Queen's messenger." The Duke examined the ring long and searchingly.

Then he looked from it into my face.
"You mean to say that you cannot take that off ?" "A locksmith might, sir.

I certainly could not." The Duke shrugged his shoulders.
"Chelsford's methods seem to me to savour a little of _opera bouffe_," he remarked drily.