at the reader can solve the riddle in his own way."

"There is no riddle!" exclaimed Dennis.

"No?" inquired the widow; "and that splendid sapphire, that magnificent
diamond to tempt the detective?"

"They will not tempt him," said Dennis with simple conviction and a
degree of feeling that might lead one to suppose that he was an
indispensable element in the situation. "He will recollect his
professional pride; he will remember that he is a man."

"Oh!" exclaimed the widow with an indescribable intonation.

"Don't you think that I am right?" asked Dennis.

"Yes," replied his companion with a pronounced emphasis on the personal
pronoun which followed, "yes, _you_ are right"; and as she considered
the frank revelation of character in his reply and contrasted it with
the possible disclosures of similar situations among the majority of men
she knew, she added:

"I am glad that we have read the story."

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