"It was a crude-looking affair, but the stone was bright scarlet.

It was impossible to mistake it." "It was only the ring, then ?" "Only the ring, of course," he admitted.

"I did not see the hand close enough.

It was foolish of me, perhaps, to say anything about it, and yet--and yet the man last night--he was looking for Rosario.
Why should it not be the same ?" He heard the breath come through her teeth in a little sob.
"Don't say anything at present to any one else.

Indeed, there are others who might have worn such a ring." Arnold hesitated, but only for a second.