q: Who was confused? a: Jimmy q: What was a fraud? a: diamonds necklace q: Whose was it? a: Lady Julia q: Who was righteous at first? a: sir thomas q: Did somebody perform a test? a: yes q: What did Jimmy think Lady Julia would insist on? a: another necklace q: Did Sir Thomas seem generous? a: no q: What did Jimmy expect to do to the enemy? a: check him q: But what did he end up doing? a: demolish him q: Who handed him the diamonds? a: Spike q: How did he feel after looking at them? a: suspicious q: Did he turn out to be right? a: yes q: What would Lady Julia make sure of? a: got necklace q: In whose clothes did creases show up? a: sir thomas q: And how did he appear? a: like one who has been caught in the machinery. q: Did the necklace have rubies on it? a: no q: Who had a trained eye? a: Jimmy q: What color did Sir Thomas' cheeks turn at first? c: CHAPTER XXVII 

A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 

If Jimmy had entertained any doubts concerning the effectiveness of this disclosure, they would have vanished at the sight of the other's face. Just as the rich hues of a sunset pale slowly into an almost imperceptible green, so did the purple of Sir Thomas's cheeks become, in stages, first a dull red, then pink, and finally take on a uniform pallor. His mouth hung open. His attitude of righteous defiance had crumpled. Unsuspected creases appeared in his clothes. He had the appearance of one who has been caught in the machinery. 

Jimmy was a little puzzled. He had expected to check the enemy, to bring him to reason, but not to demolish him in this way. There was something in this which he did not understand. When Spike had handed him the stones, and his trained eye, after a moment's searching examination, had made him suspicious, and when, finally, a simple test had proved his suspicions correct, he was comfortably aware that, though found with the necklace on his person, he had knowledge, which, communicated to Sir Thomas, would serve him well. He knew that Lady Julia was not the sort of lady who would bear calmly the announcement that her treasured rope of diamonds was a fraud. He knew enough of her to know that she would demand another necklace, and see that she got it; and that Sir Thomas was not one of those generous and expansive natures which think nothing of an expenditure of twenty thousand pounds. 
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