Chapter VII, The Datchet Diamonds are Placed in Safe Custody

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

Listen next episodes of The Datchet Diamonds:
Chapter IX, A Proposal of Marriage , 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