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The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet

           "Forheaven’ssake,tellme,then,whatisthisextraordinarymystery!" 

           "Iwilldoso,andIwillshowyouthestepsbywhichIreachedit. Andletmesaytoyou,first,thatwhichitishardestformetosayandforyoutohear:therehasbeenanunderstandingbetweenSirGeorgeBurnwellandyournieceMary. Theyhavenowfledtogether." 

           "MyMary?Impossible!" 

           "Itisunfortunatelymorethanpossible;itiscertain. Neitheryounoryoursonknewthetruecharacterofthismanwhenyouadmittedhimintoyourfamilycircle. HeisoneofthemostdangerousmeninEnglandaruinedgambler,anabsolutelydesperatevillain,amanwithoutheartorconscience. Yournieceknewnothingofsuchmen. Whenhebreathedhisvowstoher,ashehaddonetoahundredbeforeher,sheflatteredherselfthatshealonehadtouchedhisheart. Thedevilknowsbestwhathesaid,butatleastshebecamehistoolandwasinthehabitofseeinghimnearlyeveryevening." 

           "Icannot,andIwillnot,believeit!"criedthebankerwithanashenface. 

           "Iwilltellyou,then,whatoccurredinyourhouselastnight. Yourniece,whenyouhad,asshethought,gonetoyourroom,slippeddownandtalkedtoherloverthroughthewindowwhichleadsintothestablelane. Hisfootmarkshadpressedrightthroughthesnow,solonghadhestoodthere.Shetoldhimofthecoronet. Hiswickedlustforgoldkindledatthenews,andhebenthertohiswill. Ihavenodoubtthatshelovedyou,buttherearewomeninwhomtheloveofaloverextinguishesallotherloves,andIthinkthatshemusthavebeenone. 

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