"They think they can rule the world, traffic in human souls, buy morals, mock at the law.

We shall see!" "Do you know the thing that I found most interesting about him ?" Wilmore asked.
"His black opals," the other suggested.

"You're by the way of being a collector, aren't you ?" Wilmore shook his head.
"The fact that he is the father of Oliver Hilditch's widow." Francis sat quite still for a moment.

There was a complete change in his expression.

He looked like a man who has received a shock.
"I forgot that," he muttered..