And then you
put your hand in, and took the Diamond out."
"How do you know I took the Diamond out?"
"I saw your hand go into the drawer. And I saw the gleam of the stone
between your finger and thumb, when you took your hand out."
"Did my hand approach the drawer again--to close it, for instance?"
"No. You had the Diamond in your right hand; and you took the candle
from the top of the cabinet with your left hand."
"Did I look about me again, after that?"
"No."
"Did I leave the room immediately?"
"No. You stood quite still, for what seemed a long time. I saw your face
sideways in the glass. You looked like a man thinking, and dissatisfied
with his own thoughts."
"What happened next?"
"You roused yourself on a sudden, and you went straight out of the
room."
"Did I close the door after me?"
"No. You passed out quickly into the passage, and left the door open."
"And then?"
"Then, your light disappeared, and the sound of your steps died away,
and I was left alone in the dark."
"Did nothing happen--from that time, to the time when the whole house
knew that the Diamond was lost?"
"Nothing."
"Are you sure of that? Might you not have been asleep a part of the
time?"
"I never slept.
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