Luker restores the Moonstone. Do you see it now?"
I admitted (a little unwillingly) that the idea was a new one, at any
rate.
"It's Mr. Murthwaite's idea quite as much as mine," said Mr. Bruff. "It
might have never entered my head, but for a conversation we had together
some time since. If Mr. Murthwaite is right, the Indians are likely to
be on the lookout at the bank, towards the end of the month too--and
something serious may come of it. What comes of it doesn't matter to
you and me except as it may help us to lay our hands on the mysterious
Somebody who pawned the Diamond. That person, you may rely on it, is
responsible (I don't pretend to know how) for the position in which
you stand at this moment; and that person alone can set you right in
Rachel's estimation."
"I can't deny," I said, "that the plan you propose meets the difficulty
in a way that is very daring, and very ingenious, and very new. But----"
"But you have an objection to make?"
"Yes. My objection is, that your proposal obliges us to wait."
"Granted. As I reckon the time, it requires you to wait about a
fortnight--more or less. Is that so very long?"
"It's a life-time, Mr.
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