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The Peacock of Jewels

by Fergus Hume

★3.5/5
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But someday when we find the treasure, we--you and I of course--shall have a splendid time. Remember the prophecy, my dear," and she repeated two lines of the "Jewels and gold from over-seas Will bring them peace and joy and ease." Alan was struck by the quotation from a three-hundred-year-old oracle after hearing Marie's story of the secret which possession and examination of the peacock would reveal. "Jewels and gold," he repeated slowly, "yes; it does sound as though that line referred to the Begum's hoard. Odd, very odd indeed."

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