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Updated: June 28, 2025
Things may never be the same between us any more!" "He was angry because you didn't seem to care enough for his present," said Clo. "But if you can get him out of the house for an hour or so, and at the same time prove that you adore the pearls; how does that plan strike you?" "How could I do both?" "Beg him to go fetch a pearl-stringer, and bring her back here himself, to-night.
You sent her something rather important by Miss Blackburne, the pearl-stringer that you told me about that night in the taxi and in Krantz's Keller. I talked to the woman and cursed myself afterward for stopping to speak, when I found you and saw how every instant had counted. I oughtn't to have waited even for a second." "Oh, you couldn't have saved me if you'd come up without speaking to Ellen.
If you're really her friend, you'd better let me get away while you look after her." The two eyed each other for an instant. "You are Miss Ellen Blackburne, the pearl-stringer?" the man inquired. "The same," she answered. "Then go on her errand!" he exclaimed. And while Ellen stared, he ran up the steps of the house where a companion had already rung the bell.
I'm responsible for that envelope we've lost. Do, for the love of heaven, tell me what happened in this room while Mrs. Sands went out and left you here alone." The pearl-stringer remained silent. She met Clo's great, imploring eyes without shrinking, but the girl saw that she breathed hard. "If you don't want me to die, tell me!" Clo implored.
Say you can't rest or sleep till the pearls are restrung." "You forget it's Sunday, and " "I don't forget. But I know a pearl-stringer. She isn't just any old pearl-stringer, who might thread on a wax bead here and there, and keep a pearl or two up her sleeve. She's the best pearl-stringer in New York. The big jewellers and lots of swell society women have her.
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