7/8 "I don't run for the police ?" he said. "No, I am not on speaking terms with the police myself." "You won't seize me, you won't betray me--you, a clergyman!" "No." said Nicholas Crips. "He deserved it, but I am a murderess, and you won't--" Her hands gripped him, a new light shone in her eyes. "You are a thief, That's it--you are a thief. Well, listen, there are five thousand pounds' worth of diamonds in a little leather bag in his breast pocket!" She pointed down at the body. |