Jim's pay has never run to diamonds, worse luck, but he has promised me that if he ever gets a chance of looting the palace of a native prince he will keep a special lookout for them for me.

So far he has never had the chance.

When he was an ensign there was some hard fighting with the Sikhs, but nothing of that sort fell to his share.

I often tell him that he took me under false pretenses altogether.

I had visions of returning some day and astonishing Ballycrogin, as a sort of begum covered with diamonds; but as far as I can see the children are the only jewels that I am likely to take back." "And very nice jewels too," Isobel said heartily; "they are dear little things, Mrs.Doolan, and worth all the diamonds in the world.