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He gathered odd bits of news of as going on arew, a Mrs Wilberforce, had had a

strange adventure the night before She and her e fuone She had notified the town police This

brought the conversation around to the maharajah's emeralds Hadn't he

and his attendants been overcoht of

the sapphires Since nobody knew he had thereat fire-opal, glowing like a coal on her

breast, seee as

a crown-piece

During lulls Thoive hi to make it down there in the

wilds of South A eyes of Lord

Monckton brought hi malevolently at Lord Monckton No

love lost between theer,

to borrow, to lend, to lose a friend

Long after ry So she put on her

slippers and peignoir and stole down-stairs The grills on each side

of the entrance to the main hall were open; that is, the casement

ere thrown back She heard voices and naturally paused to

learn whose they were She would have known them anywhere in the world

"Tut, tut, Tommy; don't be a bally ass and lose your te it, but I'm jolly well tired