"There is good ground for the belief that the stone found at Richmond had been washed down from the mountains farther in the interior, and, if this is true, there is a substantial basis for the scientific hypothesis that diamond fields lie somewhere in the Appalachian Range, because the diamonds found in both North Carolina and Georgia were adjacent to these mountains." He paused a moment.

"This is all a matter of record." His employer was leaning forward in his chair, gripping the arms fiercely as he stared at him.
"Do you believe it possible, Mr.Czenki," he asked deliberately, "that Mr.Wynne has found these diamond fields ?" The expert shrugged his slender shoulders.
"It is possible, of course," he replied.

"From time to time great sums of money have been spent in searching for them, so--" He waved his hand and was silent.
"Zo you see, Laadham," Mr.Schultze interpolated, "ve don'd know anyding much.

Ve _know_ der African fields, und der Australian fields, und der Brazilian fields, und der fields in India, bud ve _don'd_ know if new fields haf been found.

By der time you haf lived so long as me you won't know any more as I do." There was silence for a long time.