This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... IN returning the jewels to the firm from which, in the first place, they were purchased, the head of which firm was also a money-lender on a large scale, Mr. Aversleigh had pledged that person to secrecy, and had assured him that he was under only a temporary embarrassment, and should with no doubt at all ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... IN returning the jewels to the firm from which, in the first place, they were purchased, the head of which firm was also a money-lender on a large scale, Mr. Aversleigh had pledged that person to secrecy, and had assured him that he was under only a temporary embarrassment, and should with no doubt at all redeem them in a very few days; but that in the mean time he needed the help of their value, and he must have some excellent paste put into the same settings till such time as he could come for them again with a free hand. It was the most mortifying, the most distressing moment of Mr. Aversleigh's life to the present day. "I have been a good customer of yours," he said to the jeweller, whose hard eyes and rigid lips showed no sympathy. "I expect to continue to be. As soon as I close this affair I want another string of pearls, matched pearls, something finer than any I have seen here. I shall not haggle over the price, either. I think you will find it to your advantage to assist me in this crisis." "But you can hardly expect me to advance the amount originally paid on these stones," said the other. "Besides, I am not sure we have so much in bank." "You can raise it! You can find it!" said Mr. Aversleigh. "It is a hazardous proposition. You remember what trouble we had in finding the stones. Such rubies are rare. They belong to queens. It may not be possible to dispose of them--" "I don't wish you to dispose of them!" exclaimed Mr. Aversleigh. "I distinctly wish you not to do so. I shall come for them again, and for others and finer--" "If there were some other security," said the jeweller. "Such collateral as a mortgage on your house, for instance." "It is Mrs. Aversleigh's house." "And you will not--she will not--It is out of the question...
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