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inquired the noble master of the castle , putting down a copy of London _ Punch _ on the library table , and turning to inspect the arrivals . `` Do n't tell me that that little cuss from Balmoral Palace there has been caught with any of my ancestral gems on him ! '' `` But I _ will _ tell you , anyhow , George , because it 's the sad and undoubted truth , '' answered Holmes , as he handed over the eighth missing bauble to His Lordship , took out a cigarette , and lit it . `` The time is now 9:15 a. m. , and I herewith present you with eight-elevenths of your stolen property , trusting to have the other three-elevenths recovered for you before the sun goes down . As the old Roman Emperor Titus , or somebody , used to say : `` Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no diamond-capture done ! '' `` Eh , what ? Well , by thunder , this is getting to be something fierce ! ''