"It consists merely of a few elegant trifles which I have picked up here and there.

Gems are my strongest point.

I fancy that there, perhaps, I might challenge comparison with any private collector in the world.

I lock them up, for even the best servants may be tempted." He took a silver key from his watch chain, and began to unlock and draw out the drawers.

A cry of wonder and of admiration burst from Robert McIntyre, as his eyes rested upon case after case filled with the most magnificent stones.