human
Oh, yes, yes, I was robbed, he admitted.
gpt
A serious loss! Some fine pearls I had been buying--not for myself, but for the Van Vrecks. I seldom collect valuables for myself. I only wish these things had been mine. I should not have that sense of being an unfaithful servant--though I did my best----
human
Of course you did, Lady Cartwright soothed him.
gpt
But these thieves--if it's the same gang, as we all think--are too clever for the cleverest of us. As for the police, they seem to be nowhere. I haven't suffered yet, but each morning when I wake up, I'm astonished to find everything as usual. Not that it wouldn't _seem_ as usual, even if the gang had paid us a visit and made a clean sweep of our poor possessions. They appear to be able to leak through keyholes, as nothing in the houses they go to is ever disturbed.
human
Anyhow, they have latchkeys, retorted Ruthven Smith, with what for him might be considered gaiety of manner.
gpt
The thief or thieves who relieved me of my pearls--or rather, my employer's pearls--apparently walked in as a member of the household might have done.