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"
What
does
that
mean
?
"
asked
the
other
,
keenly
alert
.
"
An
old
thieves
phrase
from
Birmingham
.
I
thought
that
in
these
days
of
slang
everyone
knew
that
.
In
old
times
at
Brum
,
which
had
a
lot
of
small
metal
industries
,
the
gold
-
and
silver-smiths
used
to
buy
metal
from
almost
anyone
who
came
along
.
And
as
metal
in
small
quantities
could
generally
be
had
cheap
when
they
did
n't
ask
where
it
came
from
,
it
got
to
be
a
custom
to
ask
only
one
thing
--
whether
the
customer
wanted
the
goods
melted
,
in
which
case
the
buyer
made
the
price
,
and
the
melting-pot
was
always
on
the
fire
.
If
it
was
to
be
preserved
in
its
present
state
at
the
buyer
's
option
,
it
went
into
the
scale
and
fetched
standard
price
for
old
metal
.
"
There
is
a
good
deal
of
such
work
done
still
,
and
in
other
places
than
Brum
.
When
we
're
looking
for
stolen
watches
we
often
come
across
the
works
,
and
it
's
not
possible
to
identify
wheels
and
springs
out
of
a
heap
;
but
it
's
not
often
that
we
come
across
cases
that
are
wanted
.
Now
,
in
the
present
instance
much
will
depend
on
whether
the
thief
is
a
good
man
--
that
's
what
they
call
a
man
who
knows
his
work
.
A
first-class
crook
will
know
whether
a
thing
is
of
more
value
than
merely
the
metal
in
it
;
and
in
such
case
he
would
put
it
with
someone
who
could
place
it
later
on
--
in
America
or
France
,
perhaps
.
By
the
way
,
do
you
think
anyone
but
yourself
could
identify
your
lamps
?
"
"
No
one
but
myself
!
"
"
Are
there
others
like
them
?
"
"
Not
that
I
know
of
,
"
answered
Mr.
Corbeck
;
"
though
there
may
be
others
that
resemble
them
in
many
particulars
.
"
The
Detective
paused
before
asking
again
:
"
Would
any
other
skilled
person
--
at
the
British
Museum
,
for
instance
,
or
a
dealer
,
or
a
collector
like
Mr.
Trelawny
,
know
the
value
--
the
artistic
value
--
of
the
lamps
?
"
"
Certainly
!
Anyone
with
a
head
on
his
shoulders
would
see
at
a
glance
that
the
things
were
valuable
.
"
The
Detective
's
face
brightened
.
"
Then
there
is
a
chance
.
If
your
door
was
locked
and
the
window
shut
,
the
goods
were
not
stolen
by
the
chance
of
a
chambermaid
or
a
boots
coming
along
.
Whoever
did
the
job
went
after
it
special
;
and
he
ai
n't
going
to
part
with
his
swag
without
his
price
.
This
must
be
a
case
of
notice
to
the
pawnbrokers
.
There
's
one
good
thing
about
it
,
anyhow
,
that
the
hue
and
cry
need
n't
be
given
.
We
need
n't
tell
Scotland
Yard
unless
you
like
;
we
can
work
the
thing
privately
.
If
you
wish
to
keep
the
thing
dark
,
as
you
told
me
at
the
first
,
that
is
our
chance
.
"
Mr.
Corbeck
,
after
a
pause
,
said
quietly
:
