"I may add that this fiftyfold increase in output is not confined to small stones," he went on tauntingly.

"They are of all sizes and values.

For instance ?" He lifted still another jewel from the packet and held it aloft for an instant.
"The Orloff!" gasped Mr.Solomon.
"No," the young man corrected; "this, too, is a duplicate.

The original is in the Russian sceptre.

This is a replica--color, weight and cutting being identical--one hundred and ninety-three carats, nearly as large as a pigeon's egg." Again Mr.Wynne glanced along the table.