Then he had searched for the precious sachet, missed it, and returned hot-foot on his tracks.
The longer I considered the circumstances the more certain I was that I had hit on the true solution; and all that night I sat wakeful in the darkness, pondering what I should do.

The stones, unset as they were, could never be identified, never be claimed.

The channel by which they had come to my hands could never be traced.

To all intents they were mine; mine, to do with as I pleased! Fifteen thousand crowns, perhaps twenty thousand crowns, and I to leave at six in the morning, whether I would or no! I might leave for Spain with the jewels in my pocket.

Why not?
I confess I was tempted.