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HE necklace; of course, the necklace!

“But then,” I objected after a moment, “if your theory’s correct, we’re going right away from the necklace. You said that Tremaine had hidden it at Edgemere.”

“Yes; but he’s no such fool as to come away and leave it hidden there. He’s not the man to make the mistake Miss Croydon made—to conceal a thing in a place where he can’t get it again without exciting suspicion. No, no; he took the necklace with him to New York; he ran no risk in doing that; everything had happened just as he hoped it would. There was absolutely no suspicion against him.”

“He may have hidden it somewhere else in the meantime,” I observed.

“Yes, he may have done that,” admitted Godfrey; “and yet, why should he? He has no reason to believe that any suspicion attaches to him. He’ll naturally wish to keep the pearls by him until he has a chance to sell them, one by one. He can’t do that yet—he’ll probably arrange a trip to Europe to get rid of them. If the necklace is concealed at all, it’s concealed somewhere in his rooms. And if it’s there, we’ll find it!”

“Long Island City!” yelled the guard, slamming open the door. “Change for New York!”