But--not here.

She never brought those jewels here.

They were not in that box when she came here.
Mademoiselle, my dear sir, was relieved of those jewels either on the steamer, as she crossed from, Christiania to Hull, or during the few hours she spent at the Hull hotel.

The whole thing--the robbery from your cousin, the robbery from Mademoiselle de Longarde--is all the work of a particularly clever and brilliant gang of international thieves; and, by the holy smoke, sir, we've got our hands full! For there isn't a clue to the identity of the operators, so far, unless the lady with whom we are going to sup can help us to one." Allerdyke ruminated over this for a moment or two.

Then, after lighting the cigar which Fullaway had offered him, he shook his head--in grim affirmation.
"I shouldn't wonder," he said.