THE MYSTERY OF THE 500 DIAMONDS (PT 2) by ROBERT BARR
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 23 August 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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In part two detective Valmont is hunting the American- and finally believes he has him trapped in a 13 mile stretch of river ending in a lock. From here the story begins to unfold....
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone. The one thousand one classic short stories and tales and part two of |
| 0:35.4 | Robert bars the mystery of the five hundred diamonds. We open part two as |
| 0:41.6 | Eugene Valmont is questioning one of his detectives out on the streets |
| 0:45.0 | trying to determine the path of escape that the American is taking. |
| 0:50.0 | And now our story. |
| 0:58.0 | Did he look behind or appear to know that he was being followed? No, sir. And you're fair? |
| 1:00.0 | He ran after the first man and also went aboard the steam lodge which instantly started down the river and that was the last you saw of them. |
| 1:08.0 | Yes, sir. |
| 1:10.0 | And what time did you reach the Pont de Nuelly? |
| 1:13.0 | I do not know, sir. |
| 1:15.0 | I was compelled to drive rather fast, but the distance is 7 to 8 kilometers. |
| 1:20.0 | You would do it under the hour? |
| 1:22.0 | Oh, but certainly, under the hour. |
| 1:25.0 | Then you must have reached newly bridge about four o'clock. |
| 1:28.0 | Yes, that's very likely, sir. |
| 1:31.0 | The plan of the Tall American was now perfectly clear to me and it |
| 1:36.1 | comprised of nothing that was contrary to law. He had evidently placed his |
| 1:40.0 | luggage on board the steam launch in the morning. |
| 1:43.0 | The handbag had contained various materials which would enable him to disguise himself, |
| 1:48.0 | and this bag he'd probably left in some shop down a side street, |
| 1:51.0 | or else someone was waiting with it for him. |
| 1:56.0 | The giving of the treasure to another man was not so risky as it had it first appeared |
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