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-arghus  ran  up  the  stairs  to  where  skylights  and  ventilators  were  located, the  glass  there  was  not  painted  and  he  looked  into  the  room below to  check  on the  couple  nadir  and  qafya  , to  his  sheer  horror  he  saw  their  dead  bodies lay on beds  in blood  pools  round  them, arghus  broke  the  ventilator  glass  open  and  jumped  in lowering  himself  to  see  better, a  window  was  fidgeted with, the  iron bars  were squeezed  so  slightly  that  only  a  man  like  him with  life  experience  could  notice  the  difference , but  the  diamonds  belonged  to  him, the  deal  was  done, only  he  was  waiting  to  pay in cash  , he  had  already  given them a  check  , the  diamonds  splashed  with  blood  on them were  his  , he  was  the  owner  so  it  was  wrong  to  leave  them there on the  bodies  and  he  must  take  his  possession  with him  though they  looked  now less attractive