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I
was
aroused
in
a
singular
and
effective
method
,
for
about
nine
o
’
clock
my
friend
Mortimer
rushed
into
my
room
with
an
expression
of
consternation
upon
his
face
.
He
was
usually
one
of
the
most
tidy
men
of
my
acquaintance
,
but
now
his
collar
was
undone
at
one
end
,
his
tie
was
flying
,
and
his
hat
at
the
back
of
his
head
.
I
read
his
whole
story
in
his
frantic
eyes
.
"
The
museum
has
been
robbed
!
"
I
cried
,
springing
up
in
bed
.
"
I
fear
so
!
Those
jewels
!
The
jewels
of
the
urim
and
thummim
!
"
he
gasped
,
for
he
was
out
of
breath
with
running
.
"
I
’
m
going
on
to
the
police
-
station
.
Come
to
the
museum
as
soon
as
you
can
,
Jackson
!
Good
-
bye
!
"
He
rushed
distractedly
out
of
the
room
,
and
I
heard
him
clatter
down
the
stairs
.
I
was
not
long
in
following
his
directions
,
but
I
found
when
I
arrived
that
he
had
already
returned
with
a
police
inspector
,
and
another
elderly
gentleman
,
who
proved
to
be
Mr
.
Purvis
,
one
of
the
partners
of
Morson
and
Company
,
the
well
-
known
diamond
merchants
.
As
an
expert
in
stones
he
was
always
prepared
to
advise
the
police
.
They
were
grouped
round
the
case
in
which
the
breastplate
of
the
Jewish
priest
had
been
exposed
.
The
plate
had
been
taken
out
and
laid
upon
the
glass
top
of
the
case
,
and
the
three
heads
were
bent
over
it
.
"
It
is
obvious
that
it
has
been
tampered
with
,
"
said
Mortimer
.
"
It
caught
my
eye
the
moment
that
I
passed
through
the
room
this
morning
.
I
examined
it
yesterday
evening
,
so
that
it
is
certain
that
this
has
happened
during
the
night
.
"
It
was
,
as
he
had
said
,
obvious
that
someone
had
been
at
work
upon
it
.
The
settings
of
the
uppermost
row
of
four
stones
—
the
carnelian
,
peridot
,
emerald
,
and
ruby
—
were
rough
and
jagged
as
if
someone
had
scraped
all
round
them
.
The
stones
were
in
their
places
,
but
the
beautiful
gold
-
work
which
we
had
admired
only
a
few
days
before
had
been
very
clumsily
pulled
about
.
"
It
looks
to
me
,
"
said
the
police
inspector
,
"
as
if
someone
had
been
trying
to
take
out
the
stones
.
"
"
My
fear
is
,
"
said
Mortimer
,
"
that
he
not
only
tried
,
but
succeeded
.
I
believe
these
four
stones
to
be
skilful
imitations
which
have
been
put
in
the
place
of
the
originals
.
"
The
same
suspicion
had
evidently
been
in
the
mind
of
the
expert
,
for
he
had
been
carefully
examining
the
four
stones
with
the
aid
of
a
lens
.
He
now
submitted
them
to
several
tests
,
and
finally
turned
cheerfully
to
Mortimer
.
