“Then what can we do?” Carmella whispered.
“What I am going to do,” Gerry said, “with your help, is to steal back the necklace.”
“Steal it?”
Steal itCarmella’s voice rose to a cry.
“Yes, steal it,” he replied.
“B-but how? I – I don’t understand what you are – s-saying.”
“After I left the Card Room, I heard one of my friends say to the Marquis, ‘what are you going to do with the famous necklace, my Lord? You know there are a lot of thieves about.’
“‘I am aware of that,’ the Marquis replied. ‘I am going to the country tomorrow and I shall take it with me and put it with the Ingleton jewels in a safe which, I can assure you, is burglar-proof!’”
“There was laughter at this, then the Marquis left the Card Room and I went downstairs to the bar to have a drink, which I felt I needed, beca
