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You call Sylvia Ruston, and she agrees to come over right away. While waiting for her to arrive, you turn over in your mind this problem: if you ask Grimstone to let you look for the diamonds, won’t you be at his mercy once he sees where they are? When Sylvia arrives, a discouraged look on her face, you don’t have a chance to explain your thinking before she begins talking a mile a minute. “The more I think about this, the more hopeless it seems,” she begins. “If I can’t get a court order, I don’t see how we can get those diamonds. It’s not as if we’re trying to catch Grimstone doing something wrong. He’s not stealing the diamonds-he doesn’t even know they’re in his house.” “I agree,” you say. “I think the only thing to do is to confront Grimstone-tell him we know where the diamonds are and can lead him to them. Then we’ll jointly turn them over to the police. Based on what you’ve told me, I feel confident that any court would rule that you are their rightful owner.” Go on to next page
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