human
Yet, after all, she said reluctantly,
gpt
Jewels! Had Jabez really jewels?
human
Yes, said Bella coldly.
gpt
I read some papers which proved that he had jewels valued at forty thousand pounds.
human
Where did you get those papers?
gpt
I refuse to tell you that,
human
You must tell! yelled Mrs. Vand, her face on fire with rage and expectation.
gpt
You've come in sneaking by these secret passages to steal. Jabez never gave you any of his papers. They are mine, and if they tell where the jewels are, you minx----
human
They don't tell where the jewels are, interrupted Bella,
gpt
You talk of your dead father as Captain Huxham,
human
Maxwell Faith was the name mentioned by Granny in her trance, and she also spoke of this murder. Did she see the papers?
gpt
Ah! Bella was suddenly enlightened. Perhaps Granny had learned about the jewels from the papers which had been taken from the carved chest in the attic. But then in that first set of papers, as she thought, the name of Maxwell Faith had not been mentioned.
human
Granny saw one set of papers, but not the set I mean.
gpt
Then there are other papers you have stolen, cried Mrs. Vand furiously.
human
Upon my word, Bella, you are a fine thief and no mistake. Give up those papers, so that we may learn where my jewels are.
gpt
They are not your jewels, but mine, said Bella, stepping back into the hollow left by the open panel,
human
Where are they? where are they?
gpt
I wish I knew, but I don't. Captain Huxham had them, before he died----
human
Then the assassin must have them.
gpt
Yes. Perhaps you can tell me who is the assassin?
human
I can't say; you know as much as we do, said Vand coldly.
gpt
If I had murdered the old man, as you were so ready to think, on Granny Tunk's ravings, I should have the jewels and long since would have cleared out with them. But the fact that I am still here with Rosamund proves that I am innocent.
human
We must go and see the police to-morrow, Henry, said Mrs. Vand,
gpt
--Mrs. Vand plunged forward--
human
I could scratch her eyes out!