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Ch. 38: The Throne Diamond

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244 THE GREAT DIAMONDS OF THE WORLD.
would be lawful to hesitate whether " the bird with out-spread tail made of sapphires and other coloured gems, and whose body was of enamelled gold, studded with stones, and with a large ruby in front, whence hung a pear-shaped pearl, weighing about 50 carats," is the actual thing, familiarly known by the French jeweller as the bird strutting about the chateaux in his native country.
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