noon
Three women , occupying adjacent rooms , had lost the greater part of their valuable jewels which they had had sent from home on purpose to wear at the ball . The police were ferreting about the hotel , questioning everybody . There was commotion everywhere , and loud among those expressing amazement at the audaciousness of the thief were both Bindo and Her Highness , the latter declaring herself lucky that no attempt had been made to secure any of her own valuable jewels . At noon I took her for a run on the car , in order to have an opportunity to chat . When we were alone on the road she said -- `` You entertained a foolish but quite reasonable suspicion of Rosalie . She and Kampf , the man you saw her with , always work together . They indeed suggested this present little affair , for they knew that Italian women bring lots of jewellery here , in order to show it off .