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Updated: May 26, 2025

"Was that there book wrapped up? Was it brown- papered, now, when you left it?" It seemed to Lauriston that Levendale was somewhat taken aback. But if he was, it was only for a second: his answer, then, came promptly enough. "No, it was not," he said. "I carried it away from the shop where I bought it just as it was. Why do you ask?" "It's a very fine-bound book," remarked Melky.

J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher - The Orange-Yellow Diamond