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"Do you know who that is?" said the man in the corner, as he pushed a small packet of photos across the table.

The picture on the top represented an entrancingly beautiful woman, with bare arms and neck and a profusion of pearl and diamond ornaments about her head and throat.

"Surely this is the Queen of ?"

"Hush!" he broke in abruptly with mock dismay; "you must mention no names."

"Why not?" I asked laughing, for he looked so droll in his distress.

"Look closely at the photo," he replied, "and at the necklace and tiara that the lady is wearing."

"Yes," I said. "Well?"

"Do you mean to say you don't recognise them?"

I looked at the picture more closely, and then there suddenly came back to my mind that mysterious story of the Black Diamonds,