Boston Blackie
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Well... After all, you were sure that the emerald must still be on the train.
That's right, Mr. Stevens, it is.
That's what I tried to tell you before the Inspector shut me up.
Oh, so you know.
Well, come on, Blackie, where is it?
I didn't say anywhere.
Uh, Mr. Stevens, you're rather absent-minded, aren't you?
Absent-minded?
Well, perhaps I'm jumping to conclusions, but, uh, of course, if you'll remember, you left the diner without paying your bill.
Oh, not that I minded buying you dinner, Mr. Stevens, but it occurred to me that if you were absent-minded enough to forget your dinner check, you, uh...
You also might have forgotten something else.
How could I forget the start of the Nile?
I put it in my vest pocket just before I went into the diner.
Oh, are you sure you put it in your vest pocket, Mr. Stevens?
Well, then the whole thing's solved.
You know, all during dinner I was ending you, Mr. Stevens.