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Pemberton Max. Jewel Mysteries I have Known
Jewel Mysteries I have Known
Table of Contents
THE OPAL OF CARMALOVITCH. THE OPAL OF CARMALOVITCH
THE NECKLACE OF GREEN DIAMONDS. THE NECKLACE OF GREEN DIAMONDS
THE COMEDY OF THE JEWELLED LINKS. THE COMEDY OF THE JEWELLED LINKS
TREASURE OF WHITE CREEK. TREASURE OF WHITE CREEK
THE ACCURSED GEMS. THE ACCURSED GEMS
THE WATCH AND THE SCIMITAR. THE WATCH AND THE SCIMITAR
THE SEVEN EMERALDS. THE SEVEN EMERALDS
THE PURSUIT OF THE TOPAZ. THE PURSUIT OF THE TOPAZ
THE RIPENING RUBIES. THE RIPENING RUBIES
MY LADY OF THE SAPPHIRES. MY LADY OF THE SAPPHIRES
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Max Pemberton
Published by Good Press, 2020
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"Oh, for the love of God don't say that!" she cried; "we are so poor, we have hardly eaten for days! Come and see Monsieur Carmalovitch and he shall tell you all; I implore you, and you will never regret this kindness! My husband is a good friend; he will reward your friendship. You will not refuse me this?"
It is hard to deny a pretty woman; it is harder still when she pleads with tears in her voice. I told her that I would go and see her husband on the following evening at nine o'clock, and counselled her to persuade him in the between time to be frank with me, since frankness alone could avail him. She accepted my advice with gratitude, and left as she had come, her pretty face made handsomer by its look of gloom and pensiveness. Then I fell to thinking upon the wisdom, or want of wisdom, in the promise I had given. Stories of men drugged, or robbed, or murdered by jewel thieves crowded upon my mind, but always with the recollection that I should carry nothing to Boscobel Place. A man who had no more upon him than a well-worn suit of clothes and a Swiss lever watch in a silver case, such as I carry invariably, would scarce be quarry for the most venturesome shop-hawk that the history of knavery has made known to us. I could risk nothing by going to the house, I was sure; but I might get the opal, and for that I longed still with a fever for possession which could only be accounted for by the beauty of the gem.
