human
Well, this may or may not be the stone you assert is missing from your stock, said the policeman;
gpt
I think I can throw some light on the matter,
human
Here's a piece of gum which I saw that man throw into the street after picking something out of it, he said, handing the gum to the manager.
gpt
It evidently held the diamond, for it bears a clear impression of a five-carat stone.
human
It does, indeed!
gpt
The lady who was in the store looking at rings when you sent me on the errand came up to that man and handed him that piece of gum. It was the singularity of their meeting that aroused my suspicions and caused me to watch and then follow them to this place, particularly after I picked the gum up and saw the impression of a diamond in it. I judged at once that the man must have hidden the stone in the gum and left it somewhere about the counter where the lady found it afterward and brought it to him.