"What diamonds are they ?" asked Lord Fawn in a very low voice.
"They are my own,--altogether my own.

Sir Florian gave them to me.
When he put them into my hands, he said that they were to be my own for ever and ever.

'There,' said he,--'those are yours to do what you choose with them.' After that they oughtn't to ask me to give them back,--ought they?
If you had been married before, and your wife had given you a keepsake,--to keep for ever and ever, would you give it up to a lawyer?
You would not like it;--would you, Frederic ?" She had put her hand on his, and was looking up into his face as she asked the question.

Again, perhaps, the acting was a little overdone; but there were the tears in her eyes, and the tone of her voice was perfect.
"Mr.Camperdown calls them Eustace diamonds,--family diamonds," said Lord Fawn.

"What do they consist of?
What are they worth ?" "I'll show them to you," said Lizzie, jumping up and hurrying out of the room.