Tales of Terror and Mystery

The Jew's Breastplate

           ThisstateofthingswasonlyterminatedbythefactofmyresignationofmyofficialdutiesandmyretirementtoNorwood,whereIhopedtohavetheleisuretowriteaconsiderableworkwhichIhadplanned.

           "Itwasimmediatelyafterthis—withinaweekorso—thatIfirstrealizedthetruenatureandcharacterofthemanwhomIhadsoimprudentlyintroducedintomyfamily.Thediscoverycametomethroughlettersfrommyfriendsabroad,whichshowedmethathisintroductionstomehadbeenforgeries.Aghastattherevelation,Iaskedmyselfwhatmotivethismancouldoriginallyhavehadinpractisingthiselaboratedeceptionuponme.Iwastoopooramanforanyfortune-huntertohavemarkedmedown.Why,then,hadhecome?IrememberedthatsomeofthemostpreciousgemsinEuropehadbeenundermycharge,andIrememberedalsotheingeniousexcusesbywhichthismanhadmadehimselffamiliarwiththecasesinwhichtheywerekept.Hewasarascalwhowasplanningsomegiganticrobbery.HowcouldI,withoutstrikingmyowndaughter,whowasinfatuatedabouthim,preventhimfromcarryingoutanyplanwhichhemighthaveformed?Mydevicewasaclumsyone,andyetIcouldthinkofnothingmoreeffective.IfIhadwrittenaletterundermyownname,youwouldnaturallyhaveturnedtomefordetailswhichIdidnotwishtogive.Iresortedtoananonymousletter,beggingyoutobeuponyourguard.

           "ImaytellyouthatmychangefromBelmoreStreettoNorwoodhadnotaffectedthevisitsofthisman,whohad,Ibelieve,arealandoverpoweringaffectionformydaughter.

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