"Good morning, take a seat." He beckoned to a constable, standing
stiffly in a corner, who then pushed a large armchair toward me. "You
can go into the anteroom for the present, Strukstad; I have something to
talk over with Mr. Monk.
"You are a lucky fellow, Monk, to have got another interesting affair in
hand. I mean the diamond robbery at old Frick's, in Drammen Road. If I
know you rightly, you have already made up your mind about the case.
From what I have heard you are a friend of the family. Indeed, if I am
not very much mistaken, it is not only the diamond which attracts you to
the house."
I must confess I was much surprised that my chief should know a secret
which I, like all other people in love, believed to be well guarded.
Naturally, I did not enter upon that part of the story, neither did my
superior seem to expect it; but I began, as shortly and briefly as
possible, to explain to him a little about the state of affairs in the
house, and among the occupants.