"Twice over. The famous Cullinan stone, the largest yet discovered, was
about half this size."
"Let's weigh it," said William.
The expert placed it on the little scales that stood on the top of
the Senior Partner's desk. The three men waited in silence for the
verdict. After a close scrutiny of the scales Mr. Bressani straightened
up, turned toward the three pairs of eyes--all fixed intently on his
own--and exclaimed:
"Really--it is hard to believe!"
"How much?" came, in the same breath, from the Senior Partner and his
nephew.
"Seventy-one hundred carats!"