You
left the door open. He looked through the crevice thus produced, between
the door and the post, before he ventured into the room himself.
In that position, he not only detected you in taking the Diamond out of
the drawer--he also detected Miss Verinder, silently watching you from
her bedroom, through her open door. His own eyes satisfied him that SHE
saw you take the Diamond, too.
Before you left the sitting-room again, you hesitated a little. Mr.
Godfrey took advantage of this hesitation to get back again to his
bedroom before you came out, and discovered him. He had barely got back,
before you got back too. You saw him (as he supposes) just as he was
passing through the door of communication. At any rate, you called to
him in a strange, drowsy voice.
He came back to you. You looked at him in a dull sleepy way. You put the
Diamond into his hand. You said to him, "Take it back, Godfrey, to your
father's bank. It's safe there--it's not safe here." You turned away
unsteadily, and put on your dressing-gown. You sat down in the large
arm-chair in your room. You said, "I can't take it back to the bank. My
head's like lead--and I can't feel my feet under me.
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