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Rh demanded, as trustee of the Regan estate and therefore practically Miss Regan's guardian, to be shown the great emerald, to be sure of the reality of it before the form of its reception by his ward should be gone through with the next day.

"The stone was then, as usual, in the box; but the envoy, who alone was intrusted with the combination, which is operated by a series of buttons and levers that must be manipulated in a certain complicated order, opened the box and satisfied Mr. Hereford of the reality of the emerald.

"The box was then closed and secured as usual, and the envoy, in whose room it was, went to bed. The door of the room was locked and also bolted on the inside. Both windows were securely fastened. There are no other openings into the room.