human
Fierce warriors in green turbans took them--warriors of Arabia. The jewels travel south, still with the warriors. There are many fights. The jewels pass from one hand to another, still in the ivory box. Now a savage has them--a savage, in a wild forest. They are buried in the earth at the place where victims are sacrificed to the gods. Long years pass: centuries glide by. The box of jewels is found: it is in the hands of another savage, who wears European clothes. He gives the jewels to a white man for services rendered.
gpt
Jabez--is he Jabez?
human
He is not Jabez Huxham, but a man called Maxwell Faith. But see --the dull voice of the gipsy suddenly became emotional and loud--
gpt
How did they pass out of Huxham's possession?
human
They pass from Jabez Huxham, as they came to him--by murder, went on the clairvoyant.
gpt
I see the study. Huxham is at the desk, and the ivory box of jewels is before him. There is a knife on the floor by the door, and the knife is bloody.
human
But Huxham is not dead,
gpt
There is blood on the knife, said Mrs. Tunks, without taking any notice of the question.
human
Huxham is so engaged in looking at the jewels that he does not see the door softly open. A man enters. He sees the knife and picks it up. He glided behind Huxham, who suddenly turns. Now--now the blow has fallen, and the jewels, the jewels----
gpt
What more? gasped Mrs. Vand.
human
What more, in God's name?
gpt
There is no God here, but only evil, came the reply.
human
I can see no more. I see, however, that the man who struck the blow is a cripple, and----