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Yours. Oh, I can't. Sorry.

Business. Liar. Isn't that good? Use your wheels, though. Why? What on earth

for? I need to be mobile.

We'll, um, catch up with this later.

All right.

Just make sure.

Later means soon.

Hmm.

Mr. Sanding will be very pleased with you, I'm sure.

Fingers crossed.

Morning, Chester.

Good morning, Mr. Sanding.

Who's first?

Prince Darwin's here.

Ah, yes, good.

You've had a busy morning. Would you like some tea?

After two, I'll bend eight to me. And they go better. Why not?

Right.

You really have done extraordinarily well, you know.

You mean you have?

Not at all.

You've made a remarkable recovery.

Splendid.

I don't think there's any need for you to come and see me again.

You saved my life.

I suppose you still refuse to take a fee.

Yes, so please don't mention it again.

But for you, I'd be dead, Mr. Sandy.

I only did what any surgeon would have done.

You were very badly smashed up. Let me just patch you together, that's all.

You make it sound.

Routine. So, no fee?

I've never taken one yet. I work for the National Health Service, which pays me

a fair wage, so thank you. No.

I told the emir, my father, you were a saint.

Nonsense. A mate doing men, man. Eh, sister?

when my father saw the accident report.

Massive internal injuries and all that.

He wept.

Yes, I'm sure he's very fond of you.

Yes, yes he is.

I warned him you'd refuse a fee, so he said in that case, why not a small gift?

Well, provided it is small.

Oh, it is.

He says in his eyes my life is without price and nothing on earth can repay you

adequately for saving it.

Simply present for your next birthday, if it were.

Look at it, please, Mrs. Sandy.

Good gracious me.

Is that what I think it is? Of course, a diamond.

Not especially large, but the colour's good.

Pure. But I couldn't accept a present like that. Not a diamond.

It must be quite valuable.

I've occasionally accepted the odd bottle of decent wine. I must tell you

something, Mrs. Sandy.

Nobody refuses a gift from the emir.

It would be a terrible insult.

It has never been done.

Oh, dear.

Well, you are making it rather awkward for me, aren't you? Not at all. Just

it.

Please.

Not just for my father, but for me, too.

Oh, I see.

Princes are almost as sensitive as emirs.

Sometimes more so.

Oh, dear.

I do feel very embarrassed, you know.

All right.

It is beautiful, isn't it?

Do thank the Emir for me and tell him I'll treasure it always.

My father won't be in the least offended if you sell it. Oh, I don't think I'll

sell it.

It's too beautiful.

Good of you to wait, James.

Pleasure.

Did he accept the sparkler?

Had to persuade him.

Never met anyone so unworldly.

A bit wasted on him, isn't it?

Couldn't say so.

His wife would like it.

Could be.

Coming back to college?

No. I said I'd wait here for Jane.

Ciao.

for that thing.

Ah, sit down, Mr. Sandy.

So you are a surgeon at the Cambridge District Hospital. It's a very fine

hospital. I have reason to be grateful to the Cambridge chest.

Now, what can we do for you, sir?

Well, I've been given this diamond as a present. I'd like to know just roughly

its value.

Why do you do that?

Is it all right?

I'm looking at the color.

We always do that first against a fold of white paper.

And preferably against a northern light.

Oh, I see.

I didn't think it had much color.

Oh, but it has, Mr. Sandy.

It's a wonderful color.

In fact, this is the finest D color that I've ever seen.

D in the trade means the very best quality white.

In some places, it's called a river, mainly in Scandinavia.

Now, a layman would call this a blue white.

It doesn't look very blue to me. Oh, but it is.

The purest white always contains a trace of blue.

Now, think of the blue bags back in the old days in your mother's washing

boiler. They made the clothes whiter.

Yes.

Yes, of course.

This is a loop. A jeweller's magnifier.

A ten times loop.

And with this, any imperfections will be revealed.

It's flawed, is it?

Yes, well, rather a relief.

Mr. Sandy, this stone is flawless.

Oh.

Its quality is superb.

The cutting's very fine indeed.

Not modern, though. Definitely not modern. There are too many facets.

But I should say that this stone has been in your friend's family for several

generations. It's superb.

Approximately how many facets would there be on it? Fifty -eight.

You know exactly? Oh, yes, yes, yes.

And what do you imagine it might be worth? Oh, I never imagine in this

Mr. Sandy.

No, no, no, of course not. But in round terms.

Oh, what round terms, eh?

Stone this size, D color.

Oh, in the trade, say, 20 ,000 pounds a carat.

In the shops, double that, 40 ,000 pounds.

Shall we see what she weighs in at?

Hmm?

Yes, I thought so.

15 .23 carats.

15 .23.

That means... That means, Mr. Stanley, 300 ,000 pounds in the

trade. Double that, the shot, 600 ,000 pounds.

And if you were an American, you would say that you were looking at...

A million dollars.

Oh dear.

Oh dear, oh dear.

Wendy! Robert!

You're late.

Yes, I'm a bit late, aren't I?

You haven't forgotten we're going to the Renshaws.

No, I hadn't forgotten.

Or maybe perhaps I had.

I thought I'd take Margaret some jam. Good. Yes, very good. You take it.

what's happened?

There's something the matter.

Something rather strange. I think you'll like it.

You've been made head of surgery.

No, it's stranger than that.

It's a bit early for drinks.

I don't think I've ever seen you quite like this before. You're all red in the

face.

You're sure it's good news? Well, I think it is. I'll let you be the judge

that. Well, come on, tell me what it is.

What's that?

Oh, Robert, it is beautiful.

It is, isn't it?

Oh, it's lovely.

What do you think it's worth?

Oh, a lot.

It's bound to be. Look at it. Come on.

Take a guess. How much? Oh, I really have no idea.

Well, quite a few hundred.

Try again.

You mean it's more?

It's quite a bit more.

Quite a few thousand.

Would you be pleased if it were worth quite a few thousand?

Well, of course I would. Is it really worth quite a few thousand?

Another sip of sherry.

Robert, tell me.

It is worth.

Very probably, 500 ,000 pounds.

You're joking.

You're not joking. Half a million pounds.

Half a million pounds.

I don't believe it.

You realise what this could mean, of course.

We can get Diana and Ian out of that horrible flat. We can help John with his

medical... And you can have a really good holiday at last.

Oh, darling.

Oh, aren't you clever? Oh, after all these years.

Oh, you really do deserve it.

Have you decided where you're going to hide it?

Well, yes, somewhere in the house.

Well, yes, but where?

Well, somewhere where no one would think of looking if there were a break.

The teapot.

The teapot? No, they always look there. The same goes for the sugar or anything

like that. They shake out everything.

Tuesday.

What about under the azalea?

No, it's not a hundred percent. You see, it might get knocked over. I know

where. Where no one would ever, ever think of looking.

In here, of course.

What freezes?

In an ice cube.

Invisible.

What a clever girl.

Now, curtain front, right hand side, right hand tray, okay?

Brilliant.

And a double

locket. Oh, absolutely.

You won't leave the light on upstairs?

Yes.

Get your hands off me.

So where are we going on our holiday?

Crete. Palace of Festus.

Turkey? And China to see the Terracotta Army. All right.

China too.

We could drop in on the Amir while I'm on the way.

All right.

nothing. Why don't I have a drink?

My God.

You said the check everywhere.

Yes, I know I did, but not this. Gin, vodka or whiskey? Vodka, me.

Did you look under the mattress?

Yes, of course I did, under every bloody mattress.

They must have taken it with them.

You're hopeless.

I'll go.

That stone could have set me up.

Paid off everything.

The bank, that bloody bloody bookie.

Almost as well as you slept.

Well, it was a good claret, wasn't it?

75 was a very good year.

Not as good as this year's going to be.

Yeah.

Hold the door.

Oh, we left the radio on.

Tell me about this half -million -pound diamond.

You say it was in the fridge?

We put it in the ice tray.

We'd only just been given it, you see.

I see.

We'd only had it valued this afternoon.

Do you think someone could have known about it?

Maybe, maybe not.

Didn't call you booze, did they?

Well, pretty much all of it, yes.

Typical.

Lads like these, only two things in their heads.

Drink and destruction.

You mean they didn't come here to steal?

Doubt it.

Well, surely they did.

Now, if they were thieves, they'd at least have nicked your TV sets, right?

No. Yobbos.

Animals.

Rubbish.

Now, let's begin at the beginning, sir.

This diamond.

It was insured, of course.

Dr. Haddock. Ah, Sister Wyman. Did you hear about Mr. Sandy's breaking?

No, really.

I hope they've pinched that frightful old bicycle of his.

A nice bit of guns for you, sir.

Ten to one, it's a piece of chicken bone.

They play hell with the mucosa. Don't be so filthy, sir.

I've had quite enough of this one day.

Will you finish it off for me, please?

Right. Well, serve it up.

I've got a meeting.

Oh, yes, yes, of course.

Mine's a pint.

Part of a necklace, I suppose.

And how does a girl get to swallow something like that?

It's really sharp.

But it's sparkle.

Perhaps it isn't just glass.

Perhaps it fell out of her tiara.

Oh, we'll see and find out.

Good Lord.

Does that make it a diamond?

I believe it's a very big diamond.

Wow.

If it is a diamond, it belongs to the patient, doesn't it? Well, she was jolly

glad to get rid of it.

Finders keepers.

Who is she, anyway?

Uh, Jane Chaney, aged 18.

St. Matthew's College.

Large obstruction, upper small intestine.

Patient has no recollection of swallowing anything unusual on Saturday

Blood test revealed excessive alcohol.

She must have been attracted to swallowing.

And she knows nothing about it.

Stop it.

It must be worth a small fortune.

I suppose it must.

So we'd better send it to the lab.

The lab, Sister Wyman?

We are going to have a bit of fun.

A bit of fun?

Do it ourselves.

Yes, well, this looks like a very fine diamond.

Very fine indeed.

Will you mind if I just take it into the back room and examine it more closely?

Of course, Mr. Gold.

And weigh it.

Mr. Sandy, have you by any chance lost that diamond?

Yes, I have.

Yes, it's been stolen.

Well, two people have just brought it into the shop.

You send for the police, and I'll keep them talking.

Right. Thanks, Mr. Goat.

You found it where?

I said in someone's stomach.

In someone's stomach.

I see.

It's true, Inspector. This girl had swallowed it.

This is all your fault. I told you it was a criminal.

You meant it. You said finders keepers, I remember. Now, look, you two. I think

you should give me some... Ah, Mr Sandy.

I think we've got your property, sir.

William. Sister, what on earth are you doing here?

You're... Property?

I'm afraid so.

They were trying to sell it to Mr. Gold.

Mr. Fanny, I had no idea.

You see, Mr. Goff and I operated on a young woman. We found the diamond in her

intestine.

When was this?

This morning.

What was her blood alcohol level?

It was very high. High.

Miss Bainter, I think you'd better question the patient.

Apparently, the girl broke into the hat, got drunk... Put ice in the drink.

And swallowed the diamond by mistake.

But where is the diamond now?

Where's the what, darling? Oh, the diamond.

Oh, well, let's just say, drink your vodka on the rocks carefully, darling.