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The Riddle Ring

by Justin MCCARTHY (1830 - 1912)

03 - Jim's New Acquaintances

This romantic mystery - or mysterious romance - tells the tale of jilted lover, Jim Conrad, who discovers an unusual gold ring while on a visit to Paris. What is the story of the ring? Why is Clelia Vine so sad? Who is the nameless 'chief'? And how is a dour English barber in a Parisian salon mixed up in all this?The novel, published in 1896, was written by Justin McCarthy, an Irish nationalist, Liberal historian, novelist and politician. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)

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Listen next episodes of The Riddle Ring:
04 - Mr. Albert Edward Waley , 05 - Mr. Waley's Chief , 06 - Clelia Vine , 07 - Mr. Marmaduke Coffin , 08 - Someone Has Blundered , 09 - Mr. Waley as Recruiting-Sergeant , 10 - 'I Could Have Loved You, but...' , 11 - The Sweet Sorrow of Parting , 12 - Back to London , 13 - Sir Francis Rose , 14 - 'That Lady is Not Now Living' , 15 - 'Will You Stand in with Us?' , 16 - A Letter and a Meeting , 17 - An Epoch-making Day , 18 - Jim is an Unwelcome Messenger , 19 - 'Hast Thou Found Me Out, O Mine Enemy?' , 20 - 'Thy Kindness Freezes' , 21 - 'Why Summon Him - and Trust Not Me?' , 22 - What Mr. Waley Did with Himself , 23 - What the Chief Did with Himself , 24 - 'What is to be Done First?' , 25 - What is to be Done Next? , 26 - A Leap in the Dark , 27 - The Ring Returned