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Half
an
hour
later
,
we
three
were
assembled
in
the
great
drawing
-
room
awaiting
the
lady
.
It
was
already
a
few
minutes
past
the
dinner
hour
.
Suddenly
there
was
a
low
rustle
,
and
Lady
Yardly
appeared
framed
in
the
doorway
,
a
radiant
figure
in
a
long
white
shimmering
dress
.
Round
the
column
of
her
neck
was
a
rivulet
of
fire
.
She
stood
there
with
one
hand
just
touching
the
necklace
.
“
Behold
the
sacrifice
,
”
she
said
gaily
.
Her
ill
-
humour
seemed
to
have
vanished
.
“
Wait
while
I
turn
the
big
light
on
and
you
shall
feast
your
eyes
on
the
ugliest
necklace
in
England
.
”
The
switches
were
just
outside
the
door
.
As
she
stretched
out
her
hand
to
them
,
the
incredible
thing
happened
.
Suddenly
without
any
warning
,
every
light
was
extinguished
,
the
door
banged
,
and
from
the
other
side
of
it
came
a
long
-
drawn
piercing
woman
’
s
scream
.
“
My
God
!
”
cried
Lord
Yardly
.
“
That
was
Maude
’
s
voice
!
What
has
happened
?
”
We
rushed
blindly
for
the
door
,
cannoning
into
each
other
in
the
darkness
.
It
was
some
minutes
before
we
could
find
it
.
What
a
sight
met
our
eyes
!
Lady
Yardly
lay
senseless
on
the
marble
floor
,
a
crimson
mark
on
her
white
throat
where
the
necklace
had
been
wrenched
from
her
neck
.
As
we
bent
over
her
,
uncertain
for
the
moment
whether
she
were
dead
or
alive
,
her
eyelids
opened
.
“
The
Chinaman
,
”
she
whispered
painfully
.
“
The
Chinaman
—
the
side
door
.
”
Lord
Yardly
sprang
up
with
an
oath
.
I
accompanied
him
,
my
heart
beating
wildly
.
The
Chinaman
again
!
The
side
door
in
question
was
a
small
one
in
the
angle
of
the
wall
,
not
more
than
a
dozen
yards
from
the
scene
of
the
tragedy
.
As
we
reached
it
,
I
gave
a
cry
.
There
,
just
short
of
the
threshold
,
lay
the
glittering
necklace
,
evidently
dropped
by
the
thief
in
the
panic
of
his
flight
.
I
swooped
joyously
down
on
it
.
Then
I
uttered
another
cry
which
Lord
Yardly
echoed
.
For
in
the
middle
of
the
necklace
was
a
great
gap
.
The
Star
of
the
East
was
missing
!
