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Jewels Have a Long Life - ebook
Jewels Have a Long Life - ebook
Again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling historic drama. This series about the Sphinx Emerald constitutes, as has been said, a veritable Outline of History – or perhaps „Highlights of History” would be more accurate. For this reason the greatest event in all history could not be left out.
| Kategoria: | Suspense |
| Język: | Angielski |
| Zabezpieczenie: |
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| ISBN: | 978-83-8292-409-1 |
| Rozmiar pliku: | 2,9 MB |
FRAGMENT KSIĄŻKI
Jewels Have a Long Life
_Are the things we love ever ours? The old Moor thought not: “I bought them! They were given me! They are mine!” he mocked. “Yet when you die–what? They are just so much gravel to you, then.”_
WILL PAGET paused with his host and guide, Roger Waynflete, outside the little Leghorn shop.
“This is the place,” Waynflete said. “This man Hassan is the finest gem-cutter in Italy; but he’s a devious rogue, an agent of the Moors, an arrant rascal who’ll cheat you of your eyeteeth.”
Paget smiled. “You forget, Roger, that for these many years I’ve been a goldsmith and jewel merchant in London town. Lead on.”
Waynflete pushed into the shop and past the front attendant to the long workbench in the rear, where a man with clipped gray beard sat hunched above delicate tools and enlarging lenses great and small.
Waynflete spoke to him in Italian.
“Hassan, here’s a client, Messire Paget of London. He speaks French but no Italian. Well, Paget, this is Hassan the Lapidary. Shall I wait for you?”
“No, no, get back to your counting-house, Roger. Many thanks. I’ll find my way back to your house without any guide, when ready.”
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_Are the things we love ever ours? The old Moor thought not: “I bought them! They were given me! They are mine!” he mocked. “Yet when you die–what? They are just so much gravel to you, then.”_
WILL PAGET paused with his host and guide, Roger Waynflete, outside the little Leghorn shop.
“This is the place,” Waynflete said. “This man Hassan is the finest gem-cutter in Italy; but he’s a devious rogue, an agent of the Moors, an arrant rascal who’ll cheat you of your eyeteeth.”
Paget smiled. “You forget, Roger, that for these many years I’ve been a goldsmith and jewel merchant in London town. Lead on.”
Waynflete pushed into the shop and past the front attendant to the long workbench in the rear, where a man with clipped gray beard sat hunched above delicate tools and enlarging lenses great and small.
Waynflete spoke to him in Italian.
“Hassan, here’s a client, Messire Paget of London. He speaks French but no Italian. Well, Paget, this is Hassan the Lapidary. Shall I wait for you?”
“No, no, get back to your counting-house, Roger. Many thanks. I’ll find my way back to your house without any guide, when ready.”
This is a free sample. Please purchase full version of the book to continue.
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