Of any property in them, as possibly accruing to himself, he had not thought much;--but he could not abstain from thinking of the woman's grasp upon them.

Mr.Camperdown's plain statement, which was gospel to him, was directly at variance with Lizzie's story.

Sir Florian certainly would not have given such diamonds in such a way.
Sir Florian would not have ordered a separate iron safe for them, with a view that they might be secure in his wife's bed-room.

And then she had had them valued, and manifestly was always thinking of her treasure.

It was very well for a poor, careful peer to be always thinking of his money, but Lord Fawn was well aware that a young woman such as Lady Eustace should have her thoughts elsewhere.