"Sid down und draw a long breath, und den dell Mr.Laadham here someding aboud diamonds." "What is it, please ?" Mr.Czenki asked of Mr.Latham.
"Mr.Czenki, have you any very definite idea as to where those diamonds came from ?" asked Mr.Latham.
"No," was the unhesitating response.
"Is it possible that they might have been found in the--in the United States ?" Mr.Latham went on.
"Certainly.

They might have been found anywhere." "As a matter of fact, were any diamonds _ever_ found in the United States ?" "Yes, frequently.

One very large diamond was found in 1855 at Manchester, across the James River from Richmond, Virginia.

It weighed twenty-four carats when cut, and is the largest, I believe, ever found in this country." Mr.Latham seemed surprised.
"Why, you astonish me," he remarked.
"Vait a minute und he'll astonish you some more," Mr.Schultze put in confidently.

"Vere else in der United States haf diamonds been found, Czenki ?" "In California, in North Carolina, and in Hall County, Georgia," replied the expert readily.