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He had got it into his head that Manderson had been receiving threatening letters, and that the murder was the outcome of that. But there's no trace of any such thing; and we looked at every blessed paper. The only unusual things we found were some packets of banknotes to a considerable amount, and a couple of little bags of unset diamonds. I asked Mr. Bunner to put them in a safer place.
The day was nearly done; only the hem of his golden robe was rustling. Soon, it was almost dark, but the look-out men still remained unset. "Can't see the spout now, sir; too dark" cried a voice from the air. "How heading when last seen?" "As before, sir, straight to leeward." "Good! he will travel slower now 'tis night. Down royals and top-gallant stun-sails, Mr. Starbuck.
"The box contained a fortune a fortune in the shape of unset diamonds, lying as close together as their nature would admit unset diamonds, which glittered and flashed upon us in the lamplight.
My daily letter from Harlansburg breathed devotion and happiness over the approach of a day as yet unset unset because I had been rather procrastinating about arranging leave of absence from the office. Doctor and Mrs. Todd had wanted a college wedding in the chapel.
They flashed their lanterns full on it and, as it moved, they could see disclosed huge piles of gold and silver in coins and bars and ornaments, a chest literally filled with brilliants, set and unset, rubies, emeralds, precious stones of every conceivable variety, a cave that would have staggered even Aladdin the rich reward of the countless marauding operations of Bennett's other personality.
"This stone resembles that on the hanging to a hair; and yet it has a little inequality which I do not remember noticing on it. It is true I had never seen it out of the setting, and this little boss may have been turned towards the stuff, and yet, and yet. Tell me, goldsmith, did the thief give you the emerald bare unset?" "As bare as Adam and Eve before they ate the apple," said the Jew.
Her skin was smooth, she had no wrinkles, and her neck was a pillar of softly moulded white flesh, around which a man might well string unset jewels, if he had them; for the tint and purity of her skin would be a better setting than platinum or fine gold.
Will you be looking at these now?" Freckles tilted a tray of unset stones from Peacock's that would have ransomed several valuable kings. He held them toward McLean, stirring them with his right arm. "I tell you I'm glad to see you, sir" he said. "I tried to tell me uncle what I wanted, but this ain't for him to be mixed up in, anyway, and I don't think I made it clear to him.
In the box was a gorgeous, unset ruby, the gem of Alan's collection as Tony well knew having worshiped often at its shrine. It lay there now against the austere purity of its white satin background the symbol of imperishable passion. Reverently Tony closed the little box and opened the sealed envelope dreading yet longing to know its contents.
So last week I pring a peautiful collection all cut but unset, and I wait out in that room while Denson shows them to his customer." "You mean you let them out of your sight?" "Yes that is not so uncommon; reg'lar pishness. You see I was out here this is the only way out. Denson was in the inner office with the stones and the American. Neither could get out without passing here.
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