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Updated: July 29, 2025
"You have convulsions, have you, dearest?" said I. "No, I haven't. I am quite well, but all the same I shall have them till you give me back my jewel-casket." "You are getting wicked, my poor child; this comes of following your mother's advice. As for the casket, if you are going to behave like this, probably you will have it." "I will reveal all."
It was lined with ivory, beautifully carved in figures, according to the art which the mediaval people possessed in great perfection; and probably the box had been a lady's jewel-casket formerly, and had glowed with rich lustre and bright colors at former openings.
She shewed the proud minister the letter she had had from me, and told him how the honest young man had given her my jewel-casket. He thanked her for her open dealing, and begged her pardon with a smile for sending a fine young man to her nunnery. "'The secret, said he, 'is of the greatest importance; we must see that it goes no farther.
She flattered herself that she would regain the favour she had completely lost, and she thought the day was won when she saw that Madame d'Ache and her daughter stayed at Colmar. But what she had more at heart than either my friendship or Madame d'Urfe's was the jewel-casket; but she dared not ask for it, and her hopes of seeing it again were growing dim.
There was a pause, and then, with a voice as hard as steel, Catherine de Medicis said to her favourite maid-of-honour: "Mademoiselle La Beauce my jewel-casket quick, please." La Beauce bowed, and slipped away, and we all looked on in wonder at the strange scene. Presently she returned with a small but heavy casket in her hands.
I turned to leave the room for sheer vexation, when Sandip drew out from the folds of his cloak that jewel-casket of mine and banged it down on the marble table. I was thoroughly startled. "Has not Amulya gone, then?" I exclaimed. "Gone where?" "To Calcutta?" "No," chuckled Sandip. Ah, then my blessing had come true, in spite of all. He was saved.
My description would briefly be: whole chapel like great carved jewel-casket for a queen; ornamentation simply dazzling in intricacy and delicate detail; extraordinary pale rose-flush in shadow on stone pillars, which have the rich cream tints of carved ivory. No two alike: Spanish spirit visible here. Reminded me of detail in Burgos Cathedral. Nice story about the Prentice's Pillar.
"I take you to witness," he said, "cousin Menteith, that I give this box and its contents to Annot Lyle. It contains a few ornaments that belonged to my poor mother of trifling value, you may guess, for the wife of a Highland laird has seldom a rich jewel-casket." "But these ornaments," said Annot Lyle, gently and timidly refusing the box, "belong to the family I cannot accept "
From the attache case she took out a lacquered box, silken-lined like a jewel-casket. It contained four singular-looking pipes, the parts of which she began to fit together. The first and largest of these had a thick bamboo stem, an amber mouthpiece, and a tiny, disproportionate bowl of brass.
Whatever she wore must be a background for the famous diamonds. Finally she decided on green velvet. When the day came Pauline stood before a mirror and gazed at herself with diamonds glistening in her hair, shimmering around her neck, and fastened so thickly on her green velvet gown as to remind one of a moving jewel-casket. She actually shed tears for joy.
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