"Well, the jewels you tried to take are going right back into that chandelier. But I'll be keeping an eye up there, just in case."
He grasped the iron bars and leaned in to gaze at her. The torch behind him cast a halo of light about him and obscured his face in darkness, save for his gleaming blue eyes. It might've been hard for her to recognize that he, for perhaps the first time, actually smiled fully.
"And besides, I have collateral. That giant ruby of yours, which I will be glad to hold in trust until such time as I can find its true owner."