"Do you mean to insinuate, you villain, that my wife stole her own diamonds ?" "If your Highness would allow me to proceed in my own--" "Enough of this fooling.

There are the diamonds," cried the Prince, jerking the box from his pocket and flinging it on the table.
"There!" shouted old man Briggs, bringing his clenched fist down on the oak.

"What did I tell you?
I knew it all along.

The Prince stole the diamonds, and in his excitement yanks them out of his pocket and proves it.

That was _my_ opinion all along!" "Oh, father, father!" moaned the Princess, speaking for the first time.
"How can you say such a thing?
My husband couldn't do a mean action if he tried.