But first, look at some of the stones, and tell us what you think of them." The Hindoo opened Surajah's casket, and undid many of the little parcels.
"Assuredly they are valuable," he said.

"Some of them much more so than others; but if all are like these that I have opened, they must be worth at least fifty thousand rupees." "Now look at this casket, Pertaub." The Hindoo uttered an exclamation of surprise, as he opened some of the packets, and, taking out some of the larger gems, he examined them by the light of his lamp.
"I could not place a value on these," he said at last.

"The ladies must, indeed, have felt that they owed their lives to you.

The gems are a fortune.

Doubtless they are the spoils of a score of districts, and Tippoo must have distributed them lavishly among his wives, or they could never have made such rich presents.