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Florac owned that Fortune had been very unkind to him at Baden; and, indeed, she had not only emptied his purse, but his portmanteaus, jewel-box, and linen-closet the contents of all of which had ranged themselves on the red and black against Monsieur Benazet's crown-pieces: whatever side they took was, however, the unlucky one. "This campaign has been my Moscow, mon cher," Florac owned to Clive.
Well might the Senora have dreaded to tell to Felipe the tale of the Ortegna treasure. Until he reached the bottom of the jewel-box, and found the Senora Ortegna's letter to his mother, he was in entire bewilderment at all he saw. After he had read this letter, he sat motionless for a long time, his head buried in his hands. His soul was wrung.
We were also surprised at his wanting so much money, for he had taken a hundred pounds in gold, which from some fancy, he had stowed in a small silver jewel-box that he had given my mother not long before she died. He had also taken a hundred pounds worth of gold nuggets, which he had intended to sell in Erewhon so as to provide himself with money when he got there.
"'Cause I wanted to see you, an' I found the door open, an' there warn't nobody down stair to announce me," answered the man in a rather surly tone. "Oh, indeed? ah," said Mr Hazlit, drawing out a large silk handkerchief with a flourish, blowing his nose therewith, and casting it carelessly on the table so as to cover the jewel-box. "Well, as you are now ere, pray what have you got to say to me?"
She felt nothing. The blow to her pride of station and womanhood struck on numbed sensations. She could complain that the blow was not heavier. A letter lying in her jewel-box called her to read it, for the chance of some slight stir. The contents were known.
In the mean time the whale-boat, nearly our destruction, had reached the side of the Monitor, and now the captain said, "It is madness to remain here longer; let each man save himself." For a moment he descended to the cabin for a coat, and his faithful servant followed to secure a jewel-box, containing the accumulated treasure of years. A sad, sorry sight it was.
Then placing in the chief's hands an open jewel-box containing a variety of the choicest jewellery, I requested by signs his permission to offer them to the ladies.
"Can't I save you a journey, Mrs. Povey?" Lily asked, eagerly thoughtful. "No, thank you, my dear. There are one or two little things that need my attention." And Constance departed with her jewel-box. Dick, having assured himself that the door was closed, assaulted Lily with a kiss. "Been here long?" he inquired. "About an hour and a half." "Glad to see me?" "Oh, Dick!" she protested.
Dorothy held her jewel-box toward me, and in the midst of the diamonds and gold I saw the heart John Manners had given her. I did not take the box. "Do you offer me this, too even this?" I said, lifting the heart from the box by its chain. "Yes, yes," cried Dorothy, "even that, gladly, gladly." I replaced it in the box.
"State the facts, then." "It came from Lady Trafford's jewel-box." Here a murmur of amazement arose from the assemblage outside. "Close the door!" commanded Trenchard, impatiently. "In my opinion, Sir Rowland," suggested Jonathan; "you'd better allow the court to remain open." "Be it so," replied the knight, who saw the force of this reasoning. "Continue the proceedings."
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