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Confession: I still like Avril Lavigne.
She's not the same person she used to be back in Let Go and Under My Skin (Let Go specifically), but c'mon. Ignoring The Best Damn Thing's general fan-base, which has the potential to make me lose faith in humanity as a whole, it's pretty awesome. It has that "chick rock" feel, and it's oozing with self-confidence (maybe a little too much? xD) and general wildness. I don't really LOVE it, but I don't hate it. …Of course, this is blasphemy to many of the people who I associate with. I think listening to Girlfriend is like a guilty pleasure.
Then there's Decode by Paramore. Ignoring the fact that it was in Twilight — which etiolated it for me, since I can be shallow like that — it's an amazing song. I listened to it over and over this morning, and I have to say, the lyrics are brilliant. Paramore's amazing, I don't think it's even capable of disappointing me. The fact that they support organizations like To Write Love On Her Arms only sweetens the deal. Their name is rather clever, too — Paramore → "paramour," which is basically a love affair, or "par l'amour," for my love. PRETTY COOL.
The band which has been on repeat on my iTunes ever since Spring Break began is… *drumroll*… The Killers. This River Is Wild, Bling (Confessions Of A King), Bones, all of it. Is there even a song by them which I don't obsessively fawn over? The lead singer's voice is so unique! It's something that's rare in general, not just nowadays. Most of the bands these days have lead singers which sound exactly the same. And the lyrics which they come with are amazing, too.
Flyleaf and I have such a love/hate relationship, it's not even funny. x_x Sometimes I love them, and at other times I think they're melodramatic and that the lead singer sounds as if she's yodeling. What's This?, which they did in Nightmare Revisited, was pretty epic though — it took a while to grow on me, seeing as it's so different from the original in The Nightmare Before Christmas… it's more toned down, more mystified, a bit more depressing. The original was in awe, excited, dance-like. Both work though.
I can't stand the All-American Rejects. I don't even want to talk about my hatred for them. They just…fail. Miserably. I don't like Fall Out Boy that much, either — but that's only because of Pete Wentz, I think. He thinks he's hot shit, and that's pretty much the BIGGEST TURN OFF for me. ): I like some F.O.B songs, but only a little. They're reeeeally overrated and overplayed, and as much as I'd like to say that I can ignore that aspect of their music, I can't. Blleeeeh.
Yiruma makes me shed tears. That's how beautiful his piano sounds. I recommend Do You, it's simple, soft, and gorgeous.
In contrast to this is Mindless Self Indulgence. They're crude, they're vulgar, the lead singer is probably mentally unstable… but agh. Their music just makes me want to DANCE, not in the cutesy way, but in MY way, which is basically jumping around and letting your inner demons loose. They perfectly balance hardcore with electronica, and the results are deliciously evil. …Some of their songs make me feel like vomiting, though… I usually ignore their lyrics and focus on the beat, but sometimes the lyrics get waaaay too prominent. xDD; They're so not for the faint-hearted. .__.;
The Birthday Massacre's sorta like MSI, but they're way less vulgar and more electronic than hardcore. Still, they're pretty damn awesome.
Hellogoodbye makes me so happy. More electronica. Happy beats, happy lyrics. Plus, they have a song called "Dear Jamie…Sincerely Me," what's not to love? xD "All Time Low" is another favourite. Another good electronic band is Freezepop ("I'm Not Your Gameboy" is SUCH a cool name for a song…) …I listen to too much electronic stuff, so I'll stop rambling about it xDD
The Ting Tings are more mellow, but they have this jazzy sound to them which made me fall in love with them from the first song. Traffic Light, Fruit Machine, and Be The One are my three favourites — I have to look more into them, but still! So much love.
Sticking to the mellow thing — Coldplay. Who doesn't like Coldplay? 'Nuff said. Lenka's pretty brill, too — she's soft, but not in a sickening way, in a sweet way. Her "Like A Song" is my favourite, along with "The Show," which STILL MAKES ME THINK OF JUNO. It should so be on the Juno soundtrack! Errgh.
Speaking of soundtracks (segways ftw!), there's Danny Elfman. I LOVE HIM AND I NEED MORE OF HIS WORK. Then we have Shoji Meguro (who did both of Persona 4's + Persona 3's), is incredibly capable of balancing electronica, rock, and classical. I crave his music, even though I cannot understand a word of it, since it's in Japanese. (Then again, I have tons of jRock. There's the Gazette, Alice Nine, An Cafe, D'esparis Ray, Girugamesh, LM.C…)
I heard Aqualung's "Strange & Beautiful" SOMEWHERE, I think it was on a fanmix for one of the anime which I like… so, technically, it's not considered part of a "soundtrack" (is it?). That aside, it's so sad. Unrequited love, combined with a sad little piano? Do you want to make my heart melt, Aqualung? Jeez. ;_;
Anyway, it's time for me to go download more stuff — specifically The Ataris, who I think I am falling in love with. My friend sent me an album of theirs, and god. ♥


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Allie is a 17-year-old student at Gilford High School. She is the daughter of Richard and Karen Nault and resides in Gilford, New Hampshire. Along with the title of Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2016, Allie won a $25,000 scholarship provided by the Harris Rosen Foundation and the Orlando Scholarship Foundation, Inc. towards her college education. For the talent portion of the competition, she performed a dance/twirl routine to a Lady Gaga mix. Allie was also named the recipient of the "Teens in Action" Award for her outstanding commitment to her platform. She earned an addition $1,000 scholarship for that award.
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This would be the giant "BFF" creature created by the New York-based artist KAWS as part of his collaboration with Dior Men creative director Kim Jones.
Lying in elegant repose at the entrance to the space the Instagram-bait critter is crafted from (fake) roses in one of many nods to Mr. Dior throughout the collection. Roses were Mr. Dior's favourite flower, and the fabled man behind the brand was a keen horticulturalist.
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The roses make for a nice synergy with Kim Jones' approach. Jones mined the Dior archives for inspiration for his first collection as creative director last year.
"The collection is really based on Mr Dior's personal life," Jones told The Observer ahead of the show.
This respect for heritage is dotted throughout the Summer 2019 capsule showcased in the pop-up space too, albeit re-imagined and played around with.
Look for the signs
For starters, the Dior bee, long a motif for the maison. For the capsule Jones worked the bee into tailoring, in sequinned patches on sweatshirts and polos and leathergoods. The key difference? All of the bees have their eyes crossed, a signature motif for KAWS.
Mr Dior's CD initials can also be found stamped in the pockets of jeans in the collection, a modern, cooler, approach to monogram.
Then there's the Dior saddle bag, re-launched last year (the bag reached cult status in the early oughts) to serious fanfare. The shape has been a success for both the men's and women's lines. In part because of its versatility. The bag can be worn cross-body, as a bum bag (yes, the trend lives on) or carried as a clutch.
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The playfulness of the collection is grounded with more utilitarian accents such as the collaboration with British menswear designer Matthew Williams on a rollercoaster inspired buckle seen on belts and bag straps, as well as Kim Jones' take on the "guest pass" all visitors to Dior HQ in Paris are issued with, on tees and shirting.
KAWS' interpretation of the Dior logo features prominently in the industrial-chic space of the pop-up, complementing the raw concrete, optic white and neon accents. The logo also features on tees and sweats in a palette of monochrome and pink.
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Do not beat yourself up if you have a large family and have a hard time keeping up on a daily basis, that is the cost of getting extra sweet kisses at the end of the day and more giggle and laughs in your life. Smaller families, if you wanted more kids but could not have them or you love your precious sweet small family enjoy that, dont neglect your home simply because its easy to put it off to tomorrow, but structure your time to enjoy a simple life with your sweet family.
I encourage those who do not have children yet to think about what size is manageable to you. What is your limit of sanity? What pushes you to the edge of wanting to quit? Is there an amount of business that makes you want to loose it? Think about all of this previous to you deciding when to quit having children. Having a baby to have a baby is not the right decision. Babies grow and become children and then teens and then college students and then adults. All of these stages mean different types of responsibility. How many and how much you can handle is different for each person. Just think about it.
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So, its come to my attention that some people in the blogging world would like a peek into my daily life and how I organize it. So I thought I might put some thoughts down on my blog and see if I get a responce. Some are my ideas some are just helpful hints but maybe its worth a shot for someone out there:
First rule of thumb...there is always tomorrow!!! Even if you are hyper organized like me there are some days that you wont get it all done. There are some days you wont get any of it done. There are some days you will make more of a mess than you started with, but at the end of the day if you are consistant on most days and keep at it you can enjoy a realitivly organized life.
First rule of thumb...there is always tomorrow!!! Even if you are hyper organized like me there are some days that you wont get it all done. There are some days you wont get any of it done. There are some days you will make more of a mess than you started with, but at the end of the day if you are consistant on most days and keep at it you can enjoy a realitivly organized life.
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text: 17/03/2011 by fabiangila THE DRAMA JEANS, AND THE SHOE DILEMA Good morning Little freak, we find the same predicament again, the yellow lagoon along my wall was the most stinky greetings i've ever seen, but even so, the message was clear……………. you are still there. i always will remember our first fight, you ran after me all week long, and once more the day after that, just to have a pleasent moment with my pant…………….. you damn animal, all my closet change after that. I wish to keep my dignity telling you how dangerous is the beast that made a nightmare of a walk on the park, it is not a doberman, it is more something like a rat………. the real threat is it's owner, i can't handle that man, he has the size of a mountain, the hair of a lion, the eyes of psychopath, and robot arms, the man has more muscles than a gym, at first sight he seems to be a gladiator, and here comes the laugh…………. the dog name is coki and the guys name is miss march……………. and yeah the dude earned the title at the contest the american gay doll, how kool is that!. i don't have anything againts gay people, i must say, my best friend is a lesbian, and her girlfriend makes an awesome cheese cake, this guy is also a good person, on his pet lays his defect, 3 days ago my shoes gone Brown, and my pant boots were punished on that way. when i come back home the only chance to keep clean my shoes and my clothes , is playing hopscotch, hahahahahahaha, i'm back on my kínder days. Last Monday, i ran a block and a half just to get myself out of sight and kick the dog ass, but instead of hurting the white rat, it's eyes broke my heart, then, the Little puppy hook up my jeans for umpteenth time. Aaahhhh!…………….. (O_0) however, i had a dog, it's name was custer, also named the marquis of my block. At the end of the day i don't blame you, my jeans are too sexy and you love blue……………. the same shit, the same shoes……………………. but i gotta thank you the tender gesture on that last sunset my newest furry friend…. you did shake your ass like if it had a tail. that day i was sad missing someone i've never had, the girl i love, she has stop loving at all, this fissure across my heart menace me……….. one more jilted lover, my heart shall not deserve to beat. Thanks furry midget, you made me smile again, she will remain in my soul, and you are now a good friend. Made by: Edgar Fabián Gil Amado The Sight behind the da rk If you loved it, or if y ou hate it please leave a comment, thanks for reading my blog Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading... Related


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Soccer in a Football World
Soccer in a Football World, David Wangerin
The development of a football based game in America created outlets for rugby, soccer and American football. Eventually the gridiron version of the game dominated the sporting landscape but the flame of soccer was never extinguished. Wangerin discussed the regional leagues that have always been present and the several attempts at a national league that have come and gone. The MLS is the current incarnation and Wangerin explored the issues that face the league—soccer specific stadia, procuring talent and the financial underpinnings of the league. Throughout the book he also weaved in the history of the National Team, which has seen a move from a totally amateur administration to an organization that created Project 2010 as a way of raising the United States' international standard.
The book is as expansive as the country and is a fine primer of how the game as grown in the United States over the twentieth century and the matters that it will confront in the future.


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My relationship with my ex has been potentially one of the longest that you can have with someone who blows hot and cold. It started as a mutual dynamic, taken that I was unable to sustain intimacy of any amount of time. My ex still likes to claim that he does not run hot and cold, he is just reacting on my behaviors. Now, I am finally realizing that this is not true.
How? See I met another guy and I am noticing very similar habits and patterns as with my ex in the beginning of our relationship. So, lets call the new guy Tom. Tom is acting all flirty with me and trying to smooth talk me. Now, I am usually not very quick to fall so Tom is doing the smooth talking, emotional supporting etc for months. Finally, I start developing certain feelings about Tom as well. So I become more available and open and what do I see, suddenly Tom is distancing himself. He does this once, twice and the third time. At the point when he does it for the third time I am finally starting to think. So here is what I figured out.
The pattern with these guys is awfully similar, it is almost like you were dating the same guy all over again. They like to draw you in with emotional conversations – deep stuff, not some trivial compliments. They let you know they like you and you start becoming more smitten. When they notice that you are becoming smitten, they suddenly distance themselves. They stop being available. The usual dynamic which I followed with my ex was to call him myself, to chase him to a degree. Well, with Tom, I have not been doing this. Instead I become distant and cold myself which initiates another reaction – him question me about my distance and rejection issues. Let me tell you, it is so easy to fall for such things. You really start thinking – maybe I am mistreating poor guy. Maybe I, indeed, have strong rejection issues. It took three times of him distancing himself for me to understand that actually, no, I do not have rejection issues, but rather it is difficult to be consistently open and vulnerable with someone who acts all wishy washy.
I have to be grateful for Tom, I never fully realized my exes patterns in the relationship. Thanks to Tom, however, I am becoming clearer and clearer as to how my ex treated me for years, acting all warm and loving at one moment and then distancing himself, making me think that it was something about my behavior which made him do that. Hell, he was actually telling me constantly how it was about me and how he was just reacting.
Now, more interesting question is however, why do I keep falling for these on and off guys? What is it in me that finds them attractive? This is something to explore further through this blog.


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About Hydropower
Water is another very important energy resource. People, plants, and animals all depend on water. Hydropower is energy that comes from the force of moving water. The word "hydro" means water.
Hydropower is the most widely used renewable source of energy. The sun heats the oceans, turning it into water vapor. This is called evaporation. When the water vapor rises, it turns into clouds. The cold air above the earth mixes with the clouds and releases rain or snow, called precipitation. This water cycle goes on repeating forever, making this a renewable energy source.
Hydropower is also a clean source of energy and the cheapest form of energy. There is no fuel to burn, so there are no harmful emissions released into the air. These reservoirs can also offer recreational areas for swimming, boating, and fishing.
History of Hydropower
Since ancient times people have found ways to harness the energy produced by moving water. Rain or melted snow from hills and mountain areas create moving streams and rivers of water.
For example, the water wheel was first used around 200 B.C. for tasks like grinding grain and irrigation. Over 2,000 years ago the Greeks used water as an energy source to turn water wheels for grinding wheat into flour. The running water would flow over the wheel into buckets attached to the wheel and force the wheel to turn. In the early 1800s, Americans and Europeans used water wheels in factories to power machines like saws in lumber mills.


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Professor Arduengo's research interests lie at the interface of organic, inorganic chemistry and material science. They focus largely on the chemistry of new or unusual bonding arrangements. The chemistry of the main group elements is highly varied and provides an excellent domain in which new functional group chemistry can be built. A brief look at some of the research "firsts" from the Arduengo research group demonstrates how the varied chemistry of the main group elements is utilized and the broad scope of new information he has contributed to science. Many of these contributions are illustrated with the novel structures produced by his research group.
The Arduengo group's accomplishments have spanned the areas of new structural chemistry, new reactivity and in-depth characterization of bonding in important molecules. They synthesized the first planar T-shaped,10-electron 3-coordinate bonding arrangement at phosphorus as exemplified in his ADPO molecule. The group's study of this highly novel bonding arrangement did not stop with its synthesis and structural characterization. Further work led to vast new reactivity for phosphorus compounds that stems from the ADPO system. Additionally, the Arduengo group used the chemistry of ADPOto discover a new inversion process for 3- and 4-coordinate maingroup elements. The Arduengo group subsequently verified this "edgeinversion" process through the syntheses of molecules designed to allow its experimental detection. The "edge inversion" process and the chemistry of the ADPO molecules are the corner stonesof much main group element chemistry conducted around the world. This work exemplifies Professor Arduengo's approach to solving complex chemical problems. His research group couples extraordinary synthetic skills with novel uses of a variety of physical techniques as well as theoretical/computational methods.
Professor Arduengo maintains a long standing interest in important reactive intermediates such as carbenes. He directed his early work toward the synthesis of an extremely electrophilic carbene. This was accomplished by the synthesis of 1-diazo-2,3,4,5-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-cyclopentadiene(DTTC). The carbene derived from DTTC by photolysis or thermolysis is possibly the most electron deficient carbene currently known. His research group was able to use this carbene to produce the first stable examples of several important classes of ylides. Among the new stable ylides prepared and studied are the oxygen derived carbonyl ylides, chloronium ylides and stable nitrile ylides. Prior to Arduengo's work in this area no stable molecules in these classes of ylides were available for study.
Professor Arduengo has directed his group's recent work toward the study of highly nucleophilic carbenes. Their research in this area led to a particularly noteworthy milestone in chemistry - the synthesis and structural characterization of a carbene that can be isolated as a stable crystalline compound at room temperature. The synthesis and isolation of this important class of compounds, imidazol-2-ylidenes, contribute a great deal to the understanding of carbene chemistry. Arduengo's stable carbenes show the critical importance of using main group elements to vary the chemistry of carbon and indeed illustrates aunique approach to chemistry that considers bonding at carbon as an extension of fundamental chemical principles applicable to all main group elements. Arduengo has extended this chemistry further to explore the unique reactivity of these stable carbenes with elements that represent all sections of the Periodic Table. This work has stirred interest throughout the world, and using the principles derived by Professor Arduengo, other laboratories have synthesized stable silylenes and germylenes. Professor Arduengo integrated a wide variety of techniques including solid state nmr, single crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction, photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional theory to provide an extraordinarily detailed look at these novel carbene systems. The rich chemistry of Arduengo's carbenes has led to the structural characterization of another important bonding arrangement, the C-H-C hydrogen bond.
The Arduengo group also extended this carbene chemistry to produce the first stable, structurally characterized, imidazolin-2-ylidene carbene.This carbene contains no double bond in the 5-membered ring to augment the stability of the carbene center. This "saturated" carbene is typical of the Wanzlick carbenes that were studied in the 60's and 70's but never isolated. By using electronegativity effects from other main group element centers, the Arduengo research group also synthesized another carbene that is actually air-stable. In connection with vitamin-B1 research, the group was first to isolate and structurally characterize the thiazol-2-ylidene carbene.
The benefits of
Professor Arduengo's work extend beyond basic research. For instance,
he holds many U.S. and international patents


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On glancing through my notes, I find it recorded that the night of November 10th saw the first heavy blizzard of the winter of 1886. The day had been dark and cold with a bitter, searching wind that moaned against the windows and, as the early dusk deepened into night, the street-lamps glimmering through the gloom of Baker Street disclosed the first flurries of snow and sleet swirling along the empty, glistening pavements.
Scarcely three weeks had passed since my friend Sherlock Holmes and I had returned from Dartmoor on the conclusion of that singular case, the details of which I have recorded elsewhere under the name of The Hound of the Baskervilles and, though several enquiries had been brought to my friend's notice since that time, none was of a nature to appeal to his love of the bizarre or to challenge that unique combination of logic and deduction which depended for its inspiration upon the intricacies of the problem which lay before it.
A merry fire was crackling in the grate and as I leaned back in my chair and let my eyes wander about the untidy cosiness of our sitting-room, I had to admit that the wildness of the night and the rattle of the sleet upon the window-panes served merely to increase my own sense of contentment. On the far side of the fire-place, Sherlock Holmes was curled up in his arm-chair, languidly turning over the pages of a black index-book marked "B" in which he had just completed certain entries under "Baskerville" and giving vent to occasional chuckles and ejaculations as his eyes wandered over the names and notes covering every page of the volume. I had flung down The Lancet with some idea of encouraging my friend to touch upon one or two of the names which were strange to me when, beneath the sobbing of the wind, my ears caught the faint sound of the door-bell.
"You have a visitor," I said.
"Surely a client, Watson," Holmes replied, laying aside his book. "And on urgent business," he added, with a glance at the rattling window-panes. "These inclement nights are invariably the herald of—" His words were interrupted by a rush of feet on the staircase, the door was burst open, and our visitor stumbled into the room.
He was a short, stout man, wrapped up in a dripping mackintosh cape and wearing a bowler hat tied under his chin by a woollen muffler. Holmes had tilted the lampshade, so that the light shone towards the door and, for a moment, the man remained motionless, staring at us across the room while the moisture from his sodden garment dripped in dark stains upon the carpet. He would have been a comical figure, with his tubbiness and his fat face framed in its encircling muffler, were it not for the impression of helpless misery in the man's brown eyes and in the shaking hands with which he plucked at the absurd bow beneath his chin.
"Take off your coat and come to the fire," said Holmes kindly.
"I must indeed apologize, gentlemen, for my untoward intrusion," he began. "But I fear that circumstances have arisen which threaten—threaten—"
"Quick, Watson!"
But I was too late. There was a thud and a groan and there lay our visitor senseless upon the carpet.
Seizing some brandy from the sideboard, I ran to force it between his lips while Holmes, who had loosened the man's muffler, craned over my shoulder.
"What do you make of him, Watson?" he asked.
"He has had a severe shock," I replied. "From his appearance, he seems a comfortable, respectable person of the grocer class, and doubtless we will find out more ' about him when he has recovered."
"Tut, I think that we might venture a little further," my friend said thoughtfully. "When the butler from some wealthy household rushes on the spur of the moment through a snow-storm in order to fall senseless on my humble carpet, I am tempted to visualize some affair of greater moment than a broken till."
"My dear Holmes!"
"I would stake a guinea that there is a livery beneath that overcoat. Ah, did I not say so!"
"Even so, I do not see how you surmised it nor the wealthy household."
Holmes picked up the limp hands. "You will observe that the pads of both thumbs are darkened, Watson. In a man of sedentary type, I know of only one occupation that will account for this equality of discolouration. The man polishes silver with his thumbs."
"Surely, Holmes, a leather would be more usual," I protested.
"On ordinary silver, yes. Very fine silver is finished, however, with the thumbs, and hence my conjecture of a well-to-do household. As for his sudden departure, the man has rushed into the night in patent-leather pumps despite that it has been snowing since six o'clock. There, now, you are feeling better," he added kindly, as our visitor opened his eyes. "Dr. Watson and I will help you into this chair and after you have rested awhile doubtless you will tell us your troubles."
The man clapped his hands to his head.
"Rested awhile!" he cried wildly. "My God, sir, they must be after me already!"
"Who must be after you?"
"The police, Sir John, all of them! The Abbas Ruby has been stolen!" The words rose almost to a shriek. My friend leaned forward and placed his long, thin fingers on the other's wrist. On previous occasions I have noted Holmes's almost magnetic power for asserting a sense of peace and comfort over the minds of those in distress.
It was so in this case, and the wild, panic-stricken gleam faded slowly in the man's eyes.
"Come, now, give me the facts," Sherlock Holmes enjoined after a moment.
"My name is Andrew Joliffe," began our visitor more calmly, "and for the past two years I have been employed as butler to Sir John and Lady Doverton at Manchester Square."
"Sir John Doverton, the horticulturist?"
"Yes, sir. Indeed, there's them that say that his flowers, and especially his famous red camellias, mean more to Sir John than even the Abbas Ruby and all his other family treasures. I take it you know about the ruby, sir?"
"I know of its existence. But tell me in your own words."
"Well, it makes one frightened just to look at it. Like a big drop of blood it is, with a touch of devil's fire smouldering in its heart. In two years I had seen it only once, for Sir John keeps it in the safe in his bedroom, locked up like some deadly poisonous creature that shouldn't even know the light of day. Tonight, however, I saw it for the second time. It was just after dinner, when one of our guests, Captain Masterman, suggested to Sir John that he should show them the Abbas Ruby—"
"Their names," interposed Holmes languidly.
"Names, sir? Ah, you mean the guests. Well, there were Captain Masterman, who is her ladyship's brother, Lord and Lady Brackminster, Mrs. Dunbar, the Rt. Hon. William Radford, our Member of Parliament, and Mrs. Fitzsimmons-Leming."
Holmes scribbled a word on his cuff. "Pray continue," said he.
"I was serving coffee in the library when the captain made his suggestion and all the ladies began to clamour to see the gem. 'I would prefer to show you the red camellias in the conservatory,' says Sir John. 'The specimen that my wife is wearing in her gown is surely more beautiful than anything to be found in a jewel-box, as you can judge for yourselves.'
" 'Then, let us judge for ourselves!' smiled Mr. Dunbar, and Sir John went upstairs and brought down the jewel-case. As he opened it on the table and they all crowded round, her ladyship told me to light the lamps in the conservatory as they would be coming shortly to see the red camellias. But there were no red camellias."
"I fail to understand."
"They'd gone, sir! Gone, every single one of them," cried our visitor hoarsely. "When I entered the conservatory, I just stood there holding the lamp above my head and wondering if I was stark mad. There was the famous shrub, all right, but of the dozen great blossoms which I had admired on it this very afternoon there remained not so much as a petal."
Sherlock Holmes stretched out a long arm for his pipe.
"Dear, dear," said he. "This is most gratifying. But pray continue your interesting narrative."
"I ran back to the library to tell them. 'But it is impossible!' cried her ladyship. 'I saw the flowers myself when I plucked one for my dress just before dinner.' 'The man's been at the port!' said Sir John, and then, thrusting the jewel-case into the table drawer, he rushed for the conservatory with all the rest of them at his heels. But the camellias had gone."
"One moment," interrupted Holmes. "When were they seen last?"
"I saw them at four and as her ladyship picked one shortly before dinner, they were there about eight o'clock. But the flowers are of no matter, Mr. Holmes. It's the ruby!"
Our visitor leaned forward in his chair.
"The library was empty for only a few minutes," he continued almost in a whisper. "But when Sir John, fair demented over the mystery of his flowers, returned and opened the drawer, the Abbas Ruby, together with its jewel-case, had vanished as completely as the red camellias."
For a moment we sat in silence broken only by the tinkle of burning embers falling in the grate.
"Joliffe," mused Holmes dreamily. "Andrew Joliffe. The Catterton diamond robbery, was it not?"
The man buried his face in his hands.
"I'm glad you know, sir," he muttered at last. "But as God is my judge I've kept straight since I came out three years ago. Captain Masterman was very good to me and got me this job with his brother-in-law, and from that day to this I've never let him down. I've been content to keep my wages, hoping that eventually I might save enough to buy my own cigar shop."
"Go on with your story."
"Well, sir, I was in the hall, having sent the stableboy for the police, when I caught Captain Masterman's voice through the half-opened door of the library. 'Damn it, John, I wanted to give a lame dog a chance,' said he, 'but I blame myself now that I did not tell you his past history. He must have slipped in here while everyone was in the conservatory and—' I waited for no more, sir, but telling Rogers, the footman, that if anybody wanted me then they would find me with Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I ran here through the snow, believing from all I've heard that you will not think it beneath you to save from injustice one who has already paid his debt to society. You are my only hope, sir, and—My God, I knew it!"
The door had flown open and a tall, fair-haired man, wrapped to the ears in a snow-powdered cape, strode into the room.
"Ah, Gregson, we were expecting you."
"No doubt, Mr. Holmes," replied Inspector Gregson drily. "Well, this is our man, and so we'll be getting along."
Our wretched client leaped to his feet. "But I'm innocent! I never touched it!" he wailed.
The police-agent smiled sourly and, drawing from his pocket a flat box, he shook it under his prisoner's nose.
"God save us, it's the jewel-case!" gasped Joliffe.
"There, he admits it! Where was it found, you say? It was found where you put it, my man, under your mattress."
Joliffe's face had turned the colour of ashes. "But I never touched it," he repeated dully.
"One moment, Gregson," interposed Holmes. "Am I to understand that you have the Abbas Ruby?"
"No," he replied, "the case was empty. But it cannot be far, and Sir John is offering a reward of five thousand pounds."
"May I see the case? Thank you. Dear me, what a sorry sight. The lock unbroken but the hinges smashed. Flesh-coloured velvet. But surely—"
Whipping out his lens, Holmes laid the jewel-case beneath the reading lamp and examined it closely. "Most interesting," he said at length. "By the way, Joliffe, was the ruby mounted?"
"It was set in a carved gold locket and chain. But, oh, Mr. Holmes—"
"Rest assured I will do my best for you. Well, Gregson, we will detain you no longer."
The Scotland Yard man snapped a pair of handcuffs on our unhappy visitor and a moment later the door had closed behind them.
For a while, Holmes smoked thoughtfully. He had pulled up his chair to the blaze and, with his chin cupped in his hands and his elbows resting on his knees, he stared broodingly into the fire while the ruddy light waxed and waned on his keen finely drawn features.
"Have you ever heard of the Nonpareil Club, Watson?" he asked suddenly.
"The name is unfamiliar to me," I confessed.
"It is the most exclusive gambling club in London," he continued. "The Members' List, which is privately printed, reads like Debrett with a spicing of the Almanach de Gotha. I have had my eye upon it for sometime past."
"Good heavens, Holmes, why?"
"Where there is wealth follows crime, Watson. It is the one fixed principle that has governed man's wickedness through all his history."
"But what has this club to do with the Abbas Ruby?" I asked.
"Perhaps, nothing. Or again, everything. Kindly hand me down the Biographical Index marked 'M' from the shelf above the pipe-rack. Dear me, it is remarkable that one letter of the alphabet can embrace so many notorious names. You would find it profitable to study this list, Watson. But here is our man, I think. Mappins; Marston, the poisoner; Masterman. Captain the Honourable Bruce Mastennan, born 1856, educated at—h'm! ha!—suspected of implication in the Hilliers Dearbon inheritance forgery; secretary of Nonpareil Club; member of—quite so." My friend flung the book on the couch. "Well, Watson, are you game for a nocturnal excursion?"
"By all means, Holmes. But where?"
"We will be guided by circumstances."
The wind had fallen and as we emerged into the white, silent streets, the distant chimes of Big Ben struck the hour of ten. Though we were well muffled, it was so bitterly cold that I welcomed the need of our brisk walk to Marylebone Road before we could hail a hansom.
"It will do no harm to call at Manchester Square," remarked Holmes, as we tucked the rug about us and jingled away through the snow-covered streets. A short drive brought us to our destination, and as we alighted before the portico of an imposing Georgian house, Holmes pointed to the ground.
"The guests have gone already," said he, "for you will observe that these wheel-marks were made after the snow ceased to fall."
The footman who had opened the door to us took our cards, and a moment later we were ushered across the hall into a handsome library where a tall, thin man with greying hair and a most melancholy countenance was warming his coat-tails before a blazing fire. As we entered, a woman, who was reclining on a chaise lounge, rose to her feet and turned to look at us.
Though the leading artist of our day has immortalized Lady Doverton, I venture to think that no portrait will ever do full justice to this imperious and beautiful woman as we saw her then, in a gown of white satin with a single scarlet flower flaming at her bodice and the golden glow of the candles shining on her pale, perfectly chiselled face and drawing sparkles of fire from the diamonds that crowned her rich auburn hair. Her companion advanced on us eagerly.
"Really, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, this is most gratifying!" he cried. "That you should face the inclemency of the night in order to fasten upon the perpetrator of this outrage speaks highly for your public spirit, sir! Most highly!"
Holmes bowed. "The Abbas Ruby is a famous stone, Sir John."
"Ah, the ruby. Yes, yes, of course," replied Sir John Doverton. "Most lamentable. Fortunately, there are buds. Your knowledge of flowers will tell you—" He broke off as his wife laid her fingers on his arm.
"As the matter is already in the hands of the police," she said haughtily, "I do not understand why we should be honoured by this visit from Mr. Sherlock Holmes."
"I shall take up very little of your time, Lady Doverton," replied my friend. "A few minutes in your conservatory should suffice."
"With what object, sir? What possible connection can there be between my husband's conservatory and the missing jewel?"
"It is that I wish to determine."
Lady Doverton smiled coldly. "In the meantime, the police will have arrested the thief."
"I think not."
"Absurd! The man who fled was a convicted jewel-robber. It is obvious."
"Perhaps too obvious, madam! Does it not strike you as somewhat singular that an ex-convict, though aware that his record was known already to your brother, should steal a famous stone from his own employer and then conveniently condemn himself by secreting the jewel-box under his mattress, where even Scotland Yard could be relied upon to search?"
Lady Doverton put a hand to her bosom. "I had not considered the matter in that light," she said.
"Naturally. But, dear me, what a beautiful blossom! I take it that this is the red camellia which you plucked this afternoon?"
"This evening, sir, just before dinner."
"Spes ultima gentis!" observed Sir John gloomily. "At least, until the next crop."
"Just so. It would interest me to see your conservatory."
We followed our guide along a short passage which, opening from the library, terminated in the glass door of a hothouse. While the famous horticulturist and I waited at the entrance, Holmes commenced a slow tour through the warm, stifling darkness, the lighted candle which he bore in his hand appearing and disappearing like some great glow-worm amid the weird shapes of cacti and curious tropical shrubs. Holding the light close to the camellia bush, he spent some time peering through his lens.
"The victims of a vandal's knife," groaned Sir John.
"No, they were snipped with a small pair of curved nail-scissors," Holmes remarked. "You will observe that there is no shredding on the stalks such as a knife would cause, and furthermore, the small cut on this leaf shows that the scissor-points overreached the stem of the flower. Well, I think that there is nothing more to be learned here."
We were retracing our steps when Holmes paused at a small window in the passage and, opening the catch, struck a match and craned over the sill.
"It overlooks a path used by the tradesmen," volunteered Sir John.
I leaned over my friend's shoulder. Below, the snow lay in a long, smooth drift from the house wall to the edge of a narrow pathway. Holmes said nothing but, as he turned away, I noticed that there was something of surprise, almost of chagrin, in his expression.
Lady Doverton was awaiting us in the library.
"I fear that your reputation is overrated, Mr. Holmes," she said, with a gleam of amusement in her fine blue eyes. "I expected you to return with all the missing flowers and perhaps even the Abbas Ruby itself!"
"At least, I have every hope of returning you the latter, madam," said Holmes coldly.
"A dangerous boast, Mr. Holmes."
"Others will tell you that boasting is not among my habits. And now, as Dr. Watson and I are already somewhat overdue at the Nonpareil Club—dear me, Lady Doverton, I fear that you have broken your fan—it only remains for me to express our regret for this intrusion and to wish you a very good night."
We had driven as far as Oxford Street when Holmes, who had sat in complete silence with his chin upon his breast, suddenly sprang to his feet, pushed up the trap and shouted an order to our driver.
"What a fool!" he cried, clapping a hand to his forehead, as our hansom turned in its tracks. "What mental abberation!"
"What then?"
"Watson, if I ever show signs of self-satisfaction, kindly whisper the word 'camellias' in my ear."
A few minutes later, we had alighted again before the portico of Sir John Doverton's mansion. "There is no need to disturb the household," muttered Holmes. "I imagine that this is the gate into the tradesmen's entrance."
My friend led the way swiftly along the path skirting the wall of the house until we found ourselves under a window which I recognized as the one opening from the passage. Then, throwing himself on his knees he commenced carefully to scoop away the snow with his bare hands. After a few moments, he straightened himself and I saw that he had cleared a large dark patch.
"Let us risk a match, Watson," he chuckled.
I lit one and there, on the black earth exposed by Holmes's burrowings in the snow-drift, lay a little reddish-brown heap of frozen flowers.
"The camellias!" I exclaimed. "My dear fellow, what does this mean?"
My friend's face was very stern as he rose to his feet.
"Villainy, Watson!" said he. "Clever, calculated villainy."
He picked up one of the dead flowers and stood for a while silently contemplating the dark, withered petals in the palm of his hand.
"It is as well for Andrew Joliffe that he reached Baker Street before Gregson reached him," he observed thoughtfully.
"Shall I raise the house?" I asked.
"Ever the man of action, Watson," he replied, with a dry chuckle. "No, my dear fellow, I think that we would be better employed in making our way quietly back to our hansom and then on to the purlieus of St. James's."
In the events of the evening, I had lost all sense of time, and it came as something of a shock when, as we wheeled from Piccadilly into St. James's Street and stopped before the door of an elegant, well-lighted house, I saw from the clock above Palace Yard that it was not far short of midnight.
"When its neighbours of clubland go to bed the Nonpareil Club comes into its own," remarked Holmes, ringing the bell. He scribbled a note on his calling-card and, handing it to the manservant at the door, he led the way into the hall.
As we followed the servant up a marble staircase to the floor above, I caught a glimpse of lofty and luxurious rooms in which small groups of men, clad in evening dress, were sitting about and reading papers or gathered round rosewood card-tables.
Our guide knocked at a door and a moment later we found ourselves in a small, comfortably furnished room hung with sporting prints and smelling strongly of cigar smoke. A tall, soldierly-looking man with a close-cropped moustache and thick auburn hair, who was lounging in a chair before the fireplace, made no attempt to rise at our entrance but, whirling Holmes's card between his fingers, surveyed us coldly through a pair of blue eyes that reminded me forcibly of Lady Doverton.
"You choose strange times to call, gentlemen," he said, with a trace of hostility in his voice. "It's cursed late."
"And getting later," my friend observed. "No, Captain Masterman, a chair is unnecessary. I prefer to stand."
"Stand, then. What do you want?"
"The Abbas Ruby," said Sherlock Holmes quietly.
I started and gripped my stick. There was a moment of silence while Masterman stared up at Holmes from the depth of his chair. Then throwing back his head, he laughed heartily.
"My dear sir, you must really excuse me!" he cried at length, his handsome face all a-grin. "But your demand is a little excessive. The Nonpareil Club does not number absconding servants among its members. You must seek elsewhere for Joliffe."
"I have already spoken with Joliffe."
"Ah, I see," he sneered. "Then you represent the interests of the butler?"
"No, I represent the interests of justice," replied Holmes sternly.
"Dear me, how very imposing. Well, Mr. Holmes, your demand was so worded that it is lucky for you that I have no witnesses or it would go hard with you in a court of law. A cool five thousand guineas' worth of slander, I should say. You'll find the door behind you."
Holmes strolled across to the fireplace and, drawing his watch from his pocket, compared it with the clock on the mantelpiece.
"It is now five minutes after midnight," he remarked. "You have until nine o'clock in the morning to return the jewel to me at Baker Street."
Masterman bounded from his chair.
"Now look here, damn you—" he snarled.
"It won't do, Captain Masterman, really it won't do. However, that you may realize that I am not bluffing, I will run over a few points for your edification. You knew Joliffe's past record and you got him the post with Sir John as a possible sinecure for the future."
"Prove it, you cursed busybody!"
"Later you needed money," continued Holmes imperturbably, "a great deal of money, to judge from the value of the Abbas Ruby. I have no doubt that an examination of your card losses would give us the figure. Thereupon you contrived, I regret to add with your sister's help, a scheme that was as cunning in its conception as it was merciless in its execution.
"From Lady Doverton you obtained precise details of the jewel-case containing the stone, and you caused a duplicate of this case to be constructed. The difficulty was to know when Sir John would withdraw the ruby from the safe, which he did but rarely. The coming dinner party at which you were to be one of the guests suggested a very simple solution. Relying on the wholehearted support of the ladies, you would ask your brother-in-law to bring down the jewel. But how to ensure that he and the others would leave the room while the jewel was there? I fear that, here, we come upon the subtle traces of the feminine mind. There could be no surer way than to play upon Sir John's pride in his famous red camellias. It worked out exactly as you foresaw.
"When Joliffe returned with the news that the bush had been stripped, Sir John instantly thrust the jewel-case into the nearest receptacle and, followed by his guests, rushed to the conservatory. You slipped back, pocketed the case and, on the robbery being discovered, volunteered the perfectly true information that his wretched butler was a convicted jewel-thief. However, though cleverly planned and boldly executed, you made two cardinal errors.
"The first was that the duplicate jewel-case, which had been rather amateurishly smashed and then planted under the mattress of Joliffe's bed, probably some hours in advance, was lined in a pale velvet. My lens disclosed that this delicate surface contained not the slightest trace of rubbing such as invariably occurs from the mounting of a pendant jewel.
"The second error was fatal. Your sister stated that she had plucked the blossom in her gown immediately prior to dinner and, such being the case, the flowers must have been there at eight o'clock. I asked myself what I should do if I wished to dispose of a dozen blossoms as swiftly as possible. The answer was the nearest window, In this instance, the one in the passage.
"But the snow which lay in a deep drift below disclosed no traces whatever. This, I confess, caused me some perplexity until, as Dr. Watson can testify, the obvious solution dawned on me. I rushed back and proceeding very carefully to remove the snow-drift under the window, I came upon the remains of the missing camellias lying on the frozen earth. As they were too light to sink through the snow, they must have been flung there before the snow-fall commenced at six o'clock. Lady Doverton's story was therefore a fabrication and, in those withered flowers, lay the answer to the whole problem."
During my friend's exposition, I had watched the angry flush on Captain Masterman's face fade into an ugly pallor and now, as Holmes ceased, he crossed swiftly to a desk in the corner, an ominous glint in his eyes.
"I wouldn't," said Holmes pleasantly.
Masterman paused with his hand on the drawer.
"What are you going to do?" he rasped.
"Providing that the Abbas Ruby is returned to me before nine o'clock, I shall make no public exposure and doubtless Sir John Doverton will forbear further enquiries at my request. I am protecting his wife's name. Were it otherwise, you would feel the full weight of my hand upon you, Captain Masterman, for when I consider your inveiglement of your sister and your foul plot to ensnare an innocent man, I am hard put to it to recall a more blackguardly villain."
"But the scandal, curse you!" cried Masterman. "What of the scandal in the Nonpareil Club? I'm over my ears in card debts and if I give up the ruby—" he paused and shot us a swift furtive glance. "Look here, Holmes, what about a sporting proposition—?"
My friend turned towards the door.
"You have until nine o'clock," he said coldly. "Come, Watson."
The snow had begun to fall again as we waited in St. James's Street while the porter whistled for a cab.
"My dear fellow, I'm afraid that you must be very tired," Holmes remarked.
"On the contrary, I am always invigorated by your company," I answered.
"Well, you have deserved a few hours' rest. Our adventures are over for tonight"
But my friend spoke too soon. A belated hansom carried us to Baker Street, and I was in the act of opening the front door with my latch-key when our attention was arrested by the lamps of a carriage approaching swiftly from the direction of Marlebone Road. The vehicle, a closed four-wheeler, came to a halt a few yards down the street and, an instant later, the muffled figure of a woman hurried towards us. Though her features were hidden under a heavy veil, there was something vaguely familiar in her tall, graceful form and the queenly poise of her head as she stood face to face with us on the snow-covered pavement.
"I wish to speak with you, Mr. Holmes," she cried imperiously.
My friend raised his eyebrows. "Perhaps you would go ahead, Watson, and light the gas," he said quietly.
In the years of my association with the cases of my friend, Sherlock Holmes, I have seen many beautiful women cross our threshold. But I cannot recall one whose beauty surpassed that of the woman who now, with a deep rustle of skirts, entered our modest sitting-room.
She had thrown back her veil and the gas-light illumined with a pale radiance her perfect face and the brilliance of her long-lashed blue eyes which met and challenged Holmes's stern and uncompromising glance.
"I had not expected this late visit, Lady Doverton," he said austerely.
"I thought that you were omniscient, Mr. Holmes," she replied, with a faint mockery ringing in her voice. "But, perhaps you know nothing about women."
"I fail to see—"
"Must I remind you of your boast? The loss of the Abbas Ruby is a disaster, and I could not rest in my anxiety to know whether or not you have fulfilled your promise. Come, sir, admit that you have failed."
"On the contrary, I have succeeded."
Our visitor rose from her chair, her eyes glittering.
"This is an ill jest, Mr. Holmes," she cried haughtily.
I have remarked elsewhere that, despite his profound distrust of the opposite sex, it was my friend's nature to be chivalrous to women. But now, for the first time, as he faced Lady Doverton, I saw his face harden ominously in the presence of a woman.
"The hour is a trifle late for tiresome pretences, madam," said he. "I have visited the Nonpareil Club and taken some pains to explain to your brother both the manner in which he acquired the Abbas Ruby and the part which you—"
"My God!"
"—which you, I say, played in the matter. I beg that you will spare me my delusion that you played that part unwillingly."
For an instant the beautiful, imperious creature faced Holmes in the circle of lamplight, then, with a low moaning cry, she fell on her knees, her hands clutching at his coat. Holmes stooped and raised her swiftly.
"Kneel to your husband, Lady Doverton, and not to me," he said quietly. "Indeed, you have much to answer for."
"I swear to you—"
"Hush, I know all. Not a word shall pass my lips."
"You mean that you will not tell him?" she gasped.
"I see nothing to be gained thereby. Joliffe will be released in the morning, of course, and the affair of the Abbas Ruby brought to a close."
"God reward you for your mercy," she whispered brokenly. "I will do my best to make amends. But my unfortunate brother—his losses at cards—"
"Ah, yes, Captain Masterman. I do not think, Lady Doverton, that you have cause to worry too deeply over that gentleman. Captain Masterman's bankruptcy and the resultant scandal in the Nonpareil Club may have the result of starting him upon a more honourable path than that which he has pursued up to now. Indeed, once the scandal has become a thing of the past, Sir John might be persuaded to arrange a commission for him in some overseas military service. From what I have seen of that young man's enterprise and address, I have no doubt that he would do very well on the North-West frontier of India."
Evidently, I was more fatigued than I had supposed by the events of the night, and I did not awake until nearly ten o'clock. When I entered our sitting-room, I found that Sherlock Holmes had already finished his breakfast and was lounging in front of the fire in his old red dressing-gown, his feet stretched out to the blaze and the air rancid with the smoke of his after-breakfast pipe composed of the previous day's dottles. I rang for Mrs. Hudson and ordered a pot of coffee and some rashers and eggs.
"I'm glad that you're in time, Watson," he said, shooting an amused glance at me from beneath his drooping lids.
"Mrs. Hudson's capability to produce breakfast at any hour is not least among her virtues," I replied.
"Quite so. But I was not referring to your breakfast. I am expecting Sir John Doverton."
"In that case, Holmes, as it is a delicate affair, it would be better perhaps that I leave you alone."
Holmes waved me back to my seat. "My dear fellow, I shall be glad of your presence. And here, I think, is our visitor a few minutes before his time."
There came a knock on the door and the tall, stooping figure of the well-known horticulturist entered the room. "You have news for me, Mr. Holmes!" he cried impetuously. "Speak out, sir, speak out! I am all attention."
"Yes, I have news for you," Holmes replied with a slight smile.
Sir John darted forward. "Then the camellias—" he began.
"Well, well. Perhaps we would be wise to forget the red camellias. I noticed a goodly crop of buds on the bush."
"I thank God that is true," said our visitor devoutly, "and I am glad to perceive, Mr. Holmes, that you place a higher value on the ascetic rarities of Nature than on the intrinsic treasures of man's handiwork. Nevertheless, there still remains the dreadful loss of the Abbas Ruby. Have you any hope of recovering the jewel?"
"There is every hope. But, before we discuss the matter any further, I beg that you will join me in a glass of port." Sir John raised his eyebrows. "At this hour, Mr. Holmes?" he exclaimed. "Really, sir, I hardly think—"
"Come now," smiled Sherlock Holmes, filling three glasses at the sideboard and handing one to our visitor. "It is a chill morning and I can heartily recommend the rarity of this vintage."
With a slight frown of disapproval, Sir John Doverton lifted the glass to his lips. There was a moment of silence broken by a sudden startled cry. Our visitor, his face as white as the piece of linen which he had put to his mouth, stared wildly from Holmes to the flaming, flashing crystal which had fallen from his lips into his handkerchief. "The Abbas Ruby!" he gasped.
Sherlock Holmes broke into a hearty laugh and clapped his hands together.
"Really you must forgive me!" he cried. "My friend Dr. Watson will tell you that I can never resist these somewhat dramatic touches. It is perhaps the Vernet blood in my veins."
Sir John Doverton gazed thunder-struck at the great jewel, smouldering and winking against its background of white linen.
"Good heavens, I can scarcely credit my own eyes," he said in a shaking voice. "But how on earth did you recover it?"
"Ah, there I must crave your indulgence. Suffice to say that your butler, Joliffe, who was a sorely wronged man, was released this morning and that the jewel is now returned safely to its rightful owner," replied Holmes kindly. "Here is the locket and chain from which I took the liberty of removing the stone in order that I might play my little trick upon you by concealing the ruby in your port wine. I beg that you will press the matter no further."
"It shall be as you wish, Mr. Holmes," said Sir John earnestly. "Indeed I have cause to place every confidence in your judgement. But what can I do to express—"
"Well, I am far from a rich man and I shall leave it to you whether or not I have deserved your five thousand pounds reward."
"Many times over," cried John Doverton, drawing a cheque-book from his pocket "Furthermore, I shall send you a cutting from my red camellias."
Holmes bowed gravely.
"I shall place it in the special charge of Watson," he said. "By the way, Sir John, I will be glad if you would make out two separate cheques. One for Ј2500 in favour of Sherlock Holmes, and the other for a similar amount in favour of Andrew Joliffe. I fear that from this time forward you might find your former butler a trifle nervous in his domestic duties, and this sum of money should be ample to set him up in the cigar business, thus fulfilling the secret ambition of his life. Thank you, my dear sir. And now I think that for once we might really break our morning habits and, by partaking a glass of port, modestly celebrate the successful conclusion of the case of the Abbas Ruby."
Since . . . our visit to Devonshire, he had been engaged in two affairs of the utmost importance . . . the famous card scandal of the Nonpareil Club ... and the unfortunate Madame Montpensier.
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Coast Guard men's lacrosse has been named the CGASPORTS.COM Athletes of the Week, presented by first command.
Senior Benner Geurtsen and junior Riley McNulty each scored three goals leading top-seeded Coast Guard to a thrilling 12-11 win over fourth-seeded Clark in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tournament semifinals on Thursday. Coast Guard tied the school record set last season with its 14th win of the season and would host the NEWMAC Championship against Springfield for the second year in a row.
The Bears fell short in the championship game on Saturday, 12-10, closing their season with a 14-4 record. McNulty had a game-high five goals and three assists to lead the Bears. He is the program leader with 140 goals, 88 assists and 208 points. He set single-season school records with 57 goals, 38 assists and 95 points. Geurtsen scored three goals in the final game of his collegiate career. Geurtsen is second all-time with 169 points and he is third in program history with 99 career goals.
Senior goalkeeper Trey Johnson had nine saves for the Bears, who outshot Springfield 48-36.
Coast Guard won 17 of the 26 face offs and held a 43-26 edge in ground balls.
This was the final game for 15 Coast Guard seniors, who helped put the program on the map winning 48 games over the past four years including back-to-back NEWMAC regular season championships and berths in the NEWMAC tournament championship game.
Anthony Wyler finished second in school history with 107 career goals and third with 153 points while Trey Johnson leaves as the Bears' all-time leader with 43 wins and 496 saves.
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We offer you a rare authenticity on our Luxury private travel to Myanmar. Few travelers have set foot on the Road to Mandalay, making Myanmar a timeless enigma. Until recently, this predominantly Buddhist country had shut itself off from the rest of the world. Beyond the headlines lies a Myanmar that will captivate you with its innumerable glittering pagodas. Myanmar luxury tours introduce you to a country teeming with Buddhist pilgrimage sites, breathtaking local crafts, and a vivid natural beauty untouched by development.
Myanmar is known as the `Golden Land' because of the countless number of pagodas and temples, which dominate the landscape. While we endeavour to include varied sightseeing experiences on our Myanmar luxury holiday packages, please be aware that Myanmar is a Buddhist country and so sightseeing will be predominantly pagodas and temples. Myanmar has a vast topography; it contains almost every type of environment you could think of from alpine country, grasslands and mountain ranges to jungles and coral reefs.
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Asia's best kept secret! With centuries of history and spiritual traditions, Myanmar presents an amazing insight into the past and present of the hospitable Burmese people. Travelling through Myanmar now is like travelling through Asia 30 to 40 years ago. The country is beginning to flourish as a tourist destination and there will not be a better time to plan a trip to Burma than now. Our luxury Myanmar tours introduce you with a wealth of things to experience from comfortable and slow paced to active and or adventure travel itineraries.
Myanmar has three seasons – hot, rainy and cool. The hot season runs from March to May, with intense heat of up to 40°C in some areas. The rainy or monsoon season is from June to October, peaking in July and September. The cool season is from November to February and is a more comfortable time to travel, with average temperatures from 20-24°C. The mountainous region of the Shan State is generally cooler year round, whereas central Myanmar can be warm year round.
Yangon and Mandalay offer a wide choice of accommodation including luxury boutique hotels and international five star accommodation. In Bagan and the Inle Lake region, travellers should not expect deluxe properties, but you will have a choice of charming, traditional accommodation or Chinese style multiple-storied hotels. There are no official hotel categories in Myanmar though we have rated them in conjunction with our land partners according to general international hotel criteria. Travellers are reminded that in some areas of the country accommodation can be simple and basic. However, our Myanmar luxury tours are always included best and top hotels in any destination.
The official national language is Burmese, however, it is estimated that there are 107 languages spoken. English is also widely spoken in major cities and tourist areas. Passports must be valid for six months beyond the length of stay. Myanmar Visas are required for US, Canadian, Australian, NZ, European. ASEAN passport holders are exempt to apply visa and granted a 15 day permit on arrival
Places to visit in Burma
Yangon / Rangoon
With a pleasing combination of old and new, Myanmar's former capital possesses a peaceful atmosphere with colonial boulevards and tranquil lakes. This charming city is thriving by night with bustling streets filled with stalls selling everything from locally made handicrafts to fruits and cigars.
The city of Bagan was once the glorious capital of the first Empire of Myanmar. It is home to over 3,000 ancient temples and pagodas and is also the centre for the manufacturing of lacquerware.
Mandalay is the second largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River and centred around the Royal Palace, Mandalay is within easy distance to former colonial hillstations, ancient cities and other cultural attractions.
Inle Lake
Stretching just over 10km wide and 22km long, this water paradise is inhabited by over 200 villages constructed on stilts. Visitors can witness the daily lives of the locals, including the 'leg rowers' who row their fishing boats with oars attached to one leg.
Pindaya is a small town located in the west of the Shan State. It is most famous for its limestone caves called Pindaya Caves, where thousands of Buddha images have been blessed for worship over the centuries.
This charming destination is located northwest of Mandalay on the banks of the River Chindwin. The major tourist attraction in Monywa is the Mohnyin Thambuddhei Paya, a Buddhist temple with a huge stupa reminiscent of Indonesia's Borobudur. Built in 1303, it was reconstructed in 1939. It is said to hold over 500,000 images of Buddha.
Pyay [Prome]
Pyay is located in southern Myanmar, on the banks of the Irrawaddy River. This historic city houses the ruins of the ancient city Sri Ksetra, the former capital of the Py Kingdom and the gilded Shwesandaw Pagoda, a Buddhist pagoda in the center of Pyay.
Events Overview
Most of Myanmar's Festivals generally take place or culminate on full-moon days. There's often a country fair atmosphere about these celebrations – they may feature stalls, pwes (feasts), music and boxing bouts. Independence Day, on 4 January, is marked by a seven-day fair in Yangon. Around mid-April, the three-day Thingyan (water festival) starts the Burman new year. This is the height of the hot season, and it's sensibly celebrated with buckets of cold water thrown at anyone who dares venture into the streets. Girls chase boys, covering their bound victims in soot and parading them about; later, cows and fish are dressed up, adorned and set free by processions of dancing drummers. In October, the sober three-month Buddhist 'Lent' ends, and the Festival of Light celebrates Buddha's return from heaven. For three days, Myanmar is lit up by fire balloons and paper lanterns, and families make offerings at the local pagoda.
street foods and Burmese foods
It's easier to buy authentic Burman dishes from food stalls rather than restaurants. Rice is the core of any Burman meal, along with a number of curry options and a spicy raw vegetable salad. Almost everything is flavoured with ngapi – a dried and fermented shrimp paste. At teashops, 'Burmese tea' or 'Indian tea' comes thickly spiked with condensed milk unless you say cho bouk to get a less sweet version. Chinese tea is generally preferable to the over-strong, over-sweet and over-milky Burman tea.
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