money And
then there's the fascination of the
stone itself
It's beautiful."
THE REGATTA MYSTERY
"Just a piece of carbon," said Evan Llewellyn.
"I've always understood it's the 'fence' that'
the difficulty in jewel robberies," said Sir Georg
"He takes the lion's share--eh, what?"
"Come on," said Eve excitedly. "Let's star
Take the diamond out and say what you said la
night."
Mr. Leathern said in his deep melancholy voic
"I do apologize for my offspring. She ge
kinder worked up--"
"That'll do, Pops," said Eve. "Now then, M
Pointz--"
Smiling, Mr. Pointz fumbled in an inne
pocket. He drew something out. It lay on the pale
of his hand, blinking in the light.
A diamond ....
Rather stiffly, Mr. Pointz repeated as far as h
could remember his speech of the previous evenin
on the Merrirnaid.
"Perhaps you ladies and gentlemen would Ilk
to have a look at this? It's an unusually beautift
stone. I call it the Morning Star and it's by way c
being my mascot--goes about with me anywhere
Like to see it?"
He handed it to Lady Marroway, who took i