"How could I say it was your property when I have bought it for nine hundred pounds ?" "It was stolen from me." "That has got to be proved," said Braddock caustically.
Don Pedro rose, looking more like, Don Quixote than ever.
"I have the honor to give you my word and--" "Yes, yes.

That is all right.

I cast no imputation on your honor." "I should think not," said the other coldly but strongly.
"All the same, you can scarcely expect me to part with so valuable an object," Braddock waved his hand towards the case, "without strict inquiry into the circumstances.

And again, sir, even if you succeed in proving your ownership, I am not inclined to restore the mummy to you for nothing." "But it is stolen property you are keeping from me." "I know nothing about that: I have only your bare word that it is so, Don Pedro.

All I know is that I paid nine hundred pounds for the mummy and that it cost the best part of another hundred to bring it to England.