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diff --git a/40493-h/40493-h.htm b/40493-h/40493-h.htm index 0c46c8f..58c4ddc 100644 --- a/40493-h/40493-h.htm +++ b/40493-h/40493-h.htm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of The King Of Diamonds, by Louis Tracy. @@ -174,48 +174,7 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The King of Diamonds, by Louis Tracy - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The King of Diamonds - A Tale of Mystery and Adventure - -Author: Louis Tracy - -Release Date: August 13, 2012 [EBook #40493] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING OF DIAMONDS *** - - - - -Produced by D Alexander, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40493 ***</div> <div class="figleft"> <img src="images/cover.jpg" alt=""/> @@ -423,7 +382,7 @@ boy, too, though his tones were strong and harsh, spoke with the accent of good breeding. His manner and words gained some distinction from a slight touch of French elegance and precision. This was only noticeable in repose. When excited, or moved to deep feeling, the Continental -veneer acquired at the Lycée in Dieppe instantly vanished, and he became +veneer acquired at the Lycée in Dieppe instantly vanished, and he became the strenuous, emphatic Briton he undoubtedly was by birth and breeding.</p> <p>"He said, dearest, that what you wanted was some good wine—nice things @@ -1174,7 +1133,7 @@ beneath. His boyish curiosity being thoroughly aroused, he drew an old sack over his head and shoulders, unlocked a door which led into the yard from a tiny scullery, and cautiously approached the place where the meteor had plowed its way into the ground. The stones were littered with -débris, but the velocity of the heavy mass had been so great that a +débris, but the velocity of the heavy mass had been so great that a comparatively clean cut was made through the pavement. The air was warm, with the hot breath of an oven, and it was as much as Philip could bear when he stood on the brink of the hole and peeped in. At a good depth, @@ -2024,7 +1983,7 @@ The pair reached Farringdon Street, and had barely attracted attention before they passed the restaurant where Philip had lunched. The hour was yet early for mid-day customers, and the bald-headed proprietor saw them coming. He rushed out. The greengrocer, too, turned from his wares and -joined in the exclamations of his friend at this speedy <i>dénouement</i> of +joined in the exclamations of his friend at this speedy <i>dénouement</i> of the trivial incident of twenty minutes earlier.</p> <p>The restaurant keeper was made jubilant by this dramatic vindication of @@ -3349,7 +3308,7 @@ fifty pounds. To-morrow I will take you to a bank and place five thousand to your credit. Meanwhile, I will give you a receipt for thirty stones, weighing, in the rough, so many carats, and you, or anyone you may appoint, can see the sale vouchers subsequently, when I will hand -you the balance after deducting £5,050 and my ten per cent. The total +you the balance after deducting £5,050 and my ten per cent. The total price may exceed fifty thousand, or it may be less, but I do not think I will be far out in my estimate. Are you agreeable?"</p> @@ -3470,7 +3429,7 @@ rattle forth to the pavement.</p> <p>So with one of Mr. Abingdon's shillings he made his first purchase, a capacious tobacco pouch with a snap mouth, for which he paid ninepence. -Then he adjourned to an aërated bread shop and ordered some +Then he adjourned to an aërated bread shop and ordered some refreshments. While the waitress was bringing his cup of tea and piece of cake he contrived to slip all the sovereigns but one into the tobacco pouch.</p> @@ -3814,12 +3773,12 @@ back door until his interior task was ended. He knew that his meteor was untouched.</p> <p>There was no wind without. The candle, feeble as its rays were, -illuminated the small yard sufficiently to reveal its débris of white +illuminated the small yard sufficiently to reveal its débris of white stones and darker lumps of metal. Beginning at the doorway, he swept vigorously but with minutest care, until he had formed four good-sized piles on the flagstones.</p> -<p>He could not afford to differentiate between the débris of the damaged +<p>He could not afford to differentiate between the débris of the damaged pavement and the fragments of the meteor. It was easy to distinguish the larger pieces of broken glass from the window inside the house—in the yard he had neither the time nor the light to select the bits of @@ -3894,7 +3853,7 @@ to bring it to the surface in sections. But he persevered. By strenuous endeavor he accumulated an astonishing pile of iron ore studded with diamonds, looking not unlike almonds in a brown cake, and the guttering candle held low down failed to reveal anything else in the hole. There -was a good deal of débris at the bottom, and the depth was now over four +was a good deal of débris at the bottom, and the depth was now over four feet. To reach to its full extent he was compelled to jam his head and shoulders into the excavation and feel blindly with one hand, so he rightly concluded that a final examination might be left until daylight.</p> @@ -4064,7 +4023,7 @@ now familiar with his own personal appearance, as well as with the semblance and value of his meteoric diamonds. The white stones, the clumps of iron ore, had been described minutely by clever journalists, who supplemented Isaacstein's clear statement by facts gleaned from -encyclopediæ and interviews with geologists.</p> +encyclopediæ and interviews with geologists.</p> <p>Most probably this man had read long articles about him, for the story was such as to bring watery curses to the lips of every penniless @@ -5212,10 +5171,10 @@ secured him friends.</p> <p>"Well, Monsieur Foret, I am far too young as yet for either wine or tobacco. I promised my mother I would touch neither until I am -twenty-one, and I will keep my word. I think I would like some <i>café au +twenty-one, and I will keep my word. I think I would like some <i>café au lait</i>."</p> -<p>"I understand. Your <i>déjeuner</i> will be sent up in ten minutes. By the +<p>"I understand. Your <i>déjeuner</i> will be sent up in ten minutes. By the time you have finished, I will have people here from two or three establishments who will meet all your requirements in the shape of clothes and the rest."</p> @@ -5377,7 +5336,7 @@ them and their neighbors.</p> could claim actual acquaintance with the boy whose strange proceedings as reported by the newspapers made London gape. Indeed, both men had been interviewed by police and reporters many times. They were living -links with the marvelous, a pedestal of common stone for an aërial +links with the marvelous, a pedestal of common stone for an aërial phantasy.</p> <p>And now, here he was, back again, dressed like a young gentleman, and @@ -5528,7 +5487,7 @@ intelligent," "endowed with a thin veneer of education," and "affected."</p> <p>Philip could afford to laugh at the unfavorable epithets. Up to the age -of thirteen, he had been trained in a first-rate lycée, and his work was +of thirteen, he had been trained in a first-rate lycée, and his work was supervised by his mother, a woman of very great culture. He spoke French as well as English, and spoke both admirably. He knew some Greek and Latin, was well advanced in arithmetic, and had a special penchant for @@ -6155,8 +6114,8 @@ the abstract is impeccable, too often depends on other issues which have no possible bearing on the merits of the dispute itself?"</p> <p>"My dear boy, that defect will continue until the crack of doom. Pascal -laid it bare in an epigram—'<i>Plaisante justice! qu'une rivière ou une -montaigne borne! Vérité au deçà du Pyrénées, erreur au delà!</i>' It all +laid it bare in an epigram—'<i>Plaisante justice! qu'une rivière ou une +montaigne borne! Vérité au deçà du Pyrénées, erreur au delà !</i>' It all depends on which side the Pyrenees Fox happens to be."</p> <p>"Unfortunately, I am straddling the water shed at this moment. I have @@ -6208,7 +6167,7 @@ classification of Exmoor beetles. He treated my mother very badly, so vilely that even she, dear soul, during her married life held no further communication with him, and never mentioned him to me by name. Now, one day on Exmoor he found a lady who also was devoted to beetles. At least, -she knew all that the Encyclopædia Britannica could teach her. She was a +she knew all that the Encyclopædia Britannica could teach her. She was a poor but handsome widow."</p> <p>"Ah!"</p> @@ -6244,7 +6203,7 @@ is twenty-four. Her ladyship's whole aim in life has been to secure him as the baronet's heir. The title, of course, he cannot obtain. But, most unfortunately, he has no penchant for beetles. Indeed, Lady Louisa's researches have long since diminished in ardor. Her son's interests are -divided between the Sports Club and the coryphées of the latest musical +divided between the Sports Club and the coryphées of the latest musical comedy—moths are more in his line, apparently. My uncle, who is preparing a monograph on the fleas which patronize Exmoor wild ponies, came to town last week to visit the British Museum. Unhappily, he heard @@ -6303,9 +6262,9 @@ Louisa Morland. What is the name of her son?"</p> <p>"I do not know. I forgot to ask."</p> -<p>"I have a wide experience of the <i>jeunesse dorée</i> of London. Hardly a +<p>"I have a wide experience of the <i>jeunesse dorée</i> of London. Hardly a week passed during many years of my life that one of his type did not -appear before me in the dock. What is he—a <i>roué</i>, a gambler, probably +appear before me in the dock. What is he—a <i>roué</i>, a gambler, probably a drunkard?"</p> <p>"All these, I gathered from the solicitors."</p> @@ -6391,7 +6350,7 @@ with either Sir Philip Morland or his representatives.</p> <p>Then he ordered his private hansom, intending to visit the Universities' Club.</p> -<p>It was a fine evening, one of those rare nights when <i>blasé</i> London +<p>It was a fine evening, one of those rare nights when <i>blasé</i> London abandons herself for an hour to the delights of spring. The tops of omnibuses passing through Park Lane were enlivened by muslin dresses and flower-covered hats. Men who passed in hansoms wore evening dress @@ -6512,7 +6471,7 @@ slowly toward a main thoroughfare, and entered the first public house he encountered. He ordered six pennyworth of brandy, and drank it at a gulp. Then he lit a pipe and went forth again.</p> -<p>"That was an ugly-lookin' customer," said an <i>habitué</i> to the barman.</p> +<p>"That was an ugly-lookin' customer," said an <i>habitué</i> to the barman.</p> <p>"'E 'ad a fice like a fifth act at the Surrey," agreed the other.</p> @@ -7210,7 +7169,7 @@ thinks far too much of these considerations. Why should she fear to face them simply because we are poor?"</p> <p>"I think, Mrs. Atherley," he said, quietly, "that you are very rich, far -richer than many a <i>mère de famille</i> we shall meet at the restaurant."</p> +richer than many a <i>mère de famille</i> we shall meet at the restaurant."</p> <p>This neat compliment turned the scale of the mother's hesitation. Indeed, she might well be proud of her beautiful daughter.</p> @@ -7226,7 +7185,7 @@ always attired so fashionably. Could we not——"</p> <p>The girl put her arm around her waist.</p> <p>"Just for once, mamma, you shall not care a little bit, and none may be -the wiser. Here is Mr. Anson—quite an <i>élégant</i> himself—he would never +the wiser. Here is Mr. Anson—quite an <i>élégant</i> himself—he would never guess that our gowns were homemade."</p> <p>"The women, dear one. They will know."</p> @@ -7693,7 +7652,7 @@ an experiment on you."</p> <p>"What tomfoolery is this?" shouted the other, gazing at him with the suspicious side glance of a discomfited dog which has been startled by -some person familiar to it in ordinary guise but masquerading in <i>outré</i> +some person familiar to it in ordinary guise but masquerading in <i>outré</i> garments.</p> <p>"A mere pleasantry, I assure you. Good heavens, man, how you must hate @@ -7809,7 +7768,7 @@ be quite certain that he leaves it."</p> <p>"Leaves it!"</p> <p>"Yes, I, Philip Anson the second, will leave it. I will lay my plans -quite surely. I will even telegraph my movements to his fiancée and to +quite surely. I will even telegraph my movements to his fiancée and to his agent, Abingdon, who used to be stipendiary magistrate at Clerkenwell. Now, don't interrupt. You spoil my train of thought. Philip Anson will live again for days after you have—er—disposed of him. By @@ -9147,7 +9106,7 @@ served from London. At 9 P. M. two letters, one a bulky package and registered, reached him.</p> <p>The letter was from Mr. Abingdon. It briefly acknowledged his telegram, -stated that a man in the Athenæum, who knew Sir Philip Morland, had +stated that a man in the Athenæum, who knew Sir Philip Morland, had informed him, in response to guarded inquiries, that the baronet was exceedingly well off, and called attention to some important leases inclosed which required his signature.</p> @@ -9333,7 +9292,7 @@ the words.</p> <p>"Devonshire" and "Sharpe" gave him the capitals for "Dear Sirs." He was at a loss for a capital "C," but he saw that Philip used the simplest and boldest outlines in his caligraphy, and he must risk a "C" without -the upper loop. In "Lady M.," too, he had the foundation of the "£" to +the upper loop. In "Lady M.," too, he had the foundation of the "£" to precede the requisite figures. Soon he framed a letter in the fewest words possible:</p> @@ -10665,7 +10624,7 @@ indorse them, and I will pay them into my account."</p> <p>"I dare not approve of any such procedure."</p> <p>So Philip, though sorely tried, again labored his arguments that the -trial of Grenier would be a cause <i>célèbre</i> in which his, Anson's, name +trial of Grenier would be a cause <i>célèbre</i> in which his, Anson's, name would be unpleasantly prominent. Evelyn would be drawn into it, and Abingdon himself. There would be columns of sensation in the newspapers.</p> @@ -10812,382 +10771,6 @@ a job—for the sake of old times!"</p> <h3>THE END.</h3> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The King of Diamonds, by Louis Tracy - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING OF DIAMONDS *** - -***** This file should be named 40493-h.htm or 40493-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/4/9/40493/ - -Produced by D Alexander, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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