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The Datchet Diamonds

The Datchet Diamonds

by Richard MARSH (1857 - 1915)

Oh dear! The Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth a quarter of a million pounds, have been stolen. Just as Mr. Paxton, a ne'er do well gambler planning to leave the country to escape his losses, reads this news item on a train, he overhears, in the next compartment, the actual thief boasting of his accomplishment. Then, when he arrives at his hotel and opens his Gladstone bag, he finds the bag is not his -- and it contains the spoils of the robbery! Will our hero take them directly to the magistrate and tell all he knows? Or will things take another turn, leading to brigands, danger, and possibly romance? - Summary by Jacquerie


Chapter I, Two Men and a Maid

Chapter II, Overheard in the Train

Chapter III, The Diamonds

Chapter IV, Miss Wentworth's Rudeness

Chapter IX, A Proposal of Marriage

Chapter V, In the Bodega

Chapter VI, The Adventures of a Night

Chapter VII, The Datchet Diamonds are Placed in Safe Custody

Chapter VIII, In the Moment of His Success

Chapter X, Cyril's Friend

Chapter XI, John Ireland's Warrant

Chapter XII, A Woman Roused

Chapter XIII, The Detective and the Lady

Chapter XIV, Among Thieves

Chapter XV, Put to the Question

Chapter XVI, A Modern Instance of an Ancient Practice

Chapter XVII, The Most Dangerous Foe of All

Chapter XVIII, The Last of the Datchet Diamonds, Chapter XIX, A Woman's Logic