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Ch. 3: Famous Diamonds

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CELEBRATED DIAMONDS.                   89
that followed the fall of Louis XVI., the Regent, carefully chained and guarded by gendarmes, was exposed to the people of Paris; and any half-starved workman who chose might hold this symbol of royal splendour and epitome of twelve million francs for a few moments in his brown hand.
The Regent—pawned to the Batavian govern­ment by Napoleon I.—stolen by robbers, and its hiding-place revealed at the gate of death by one
of the reckless band, and mounted in the state sword of the first Napoleon—finally glittered in the imperial diadem, through the palmy days of Napoleon III.
Another beautiful diamond is the Empress Eu­genie. It is cut as a brilliant, and weighs 51 carats.
A third famous diamond, belonging for some time to France, is the Sancy. Its history is not quite certain. According to some authorities it was brought by an ambassador from Constant!-
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