The stones were unusually heavy.

Doesn't that mean something ?" "Silver has a high specific gravity; so has lead.

Sometimes one finds them combined." "I have a piece here," said Agatha, taking out a small packet.

"My father gave it me when I was a child, and I brought it, thinking I might, perhaps, show it to you." Thirlwell, examining the specimen, missed something of her meaning, and did not see that her decision to show him the ore was a compliment.

He looked honest, and strangers often trusted him.