"I know no more than you do.

It is a burglary, isn't it?
I heard one of the servants say that the safe had been broken into." "The safe!" echoed Miriam, in a toneless voice.

"Yes, the safe--the diamonds.

What is that ?" she asked, with almost a scream.
"Carriage wheels: the doctor," said Celia, soothingly.
"Go--go and hear what he says," said Miriam, in a hushed whisper.

"I--I want to know at once.