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Rh did not find him until evening. I warned him then that it was time for him to leave Chicago. When he refused, I knew he did not have the stone. Then I thought of the fire—the incendiary fire! And Lund! I had warned Lund not to let himself be separated from Annis. If Lund was at the Tonty at the time of the fire, so was Annis. What strange, unbelievable thing went on in that room the night the emerald was stolen, I don't know. I don't know why, since in some unbelievable way Annis himself escaped, the stone had to be left. But I do know that he did not take it! Lorine, the emerald is in that room! If they have not found it, it is because they have not looked sufficiently!"

He had drawn near her while he spoke and bent over her. She looked up swiftly at him and disturbedly shook her head.