"That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are sentimental considerations in the background which would induce the Countess to part with half her fortune if she could but recover the gem."
––Ésa es la recompensa, y tengo razones para creer que existen consideraciones sentimentales en la historia de esa piedra que harían que la condesa se desprendiera de la mitad de su fortuna con tal de recuperarla.