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I changed my mind in respect to my midnight walk immediately upon receipt of the news, for I knew that before one o'clock some one would call upon me at my lodgings with reference to this robbery. I CHANGED MY MIND IN RESPECT TO THE MIDNIGHT WALK IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF THE NEWS FOR I KNEW THAT BEFORE ONE O'CLOCK SOME ONE WOULD CALL UPON ME AT MY LODGINGS WITH REFERENCE TO THIS ROBBERY
s in that instance. A brief outline of the case is as follows: It was late one evening in the early spring of 1894. The London season was at its height. Dances, fêtes of all kinds, opera, and the theatres were in full blast, when all of a sudden society was paralyzed by a most audacious robbery. A diamond tiara valued at £50,000 sterling had been stolen from the Duchess of Brokedale, and under circumstances which threw society itself and every individual in it under suspicion—even his Royal Highness the Prince himself, for he had danced frequently with the Duchess, and was known to be a great admirer of her tiara. It was at half-past eleven o’clock at night that the news of the robbery first came to my ears. I had been spending the evening alone in my library making notes for a second volume of my memoirs, and, feeling somewhat depressed, I was on the point of going out for my usual midnight walk on Hampstead Heath, when one of my servants, hastily entering, informed me of the robbery. AT INSTANT A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE CASE IS AS FOLLOWS IT WAS LATE ONE EVENING IN THE EARLY SPRING OF EIGHTEEN NINETY FOUR THE LONDON SEASON WAS AT ITS HEIGHT DANCES FETES OF ALL KINDS OPERA AND THE THEATRES WERE IN FULL BLAST WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOCIETY WAS PARALYZED BY A MOST AUDACIOUS ROBBERY A DIAMOND TIARA VALUED AT FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM THE DUCHESS OF BROKEDALE AND UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THREW SOCIETY ITSELF AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN IT UNDER SUSPICION EVEN HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE HIMSELF FOR HE HAD DANCED FREQUENTLY WITH THE DUCHESS AND WAS KNOWN TO BE A GREAT ADMIRER OF HER TIARA IT WAS AT HALF PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT THAT THE NEWS OF THE ROBBERY FIRST CAME TO MY EARS I HAD BEEN SPENDING THE EVENING ALONE IN MY LIBRARY MAKING NOTES FOR A SECOND VOLUME OF MY MEMOIRS AND FEELING SOMEWHAT DEPRESSED WAS ON THE POINT OF GOING OUT FROM MY USUAL MIDNIGHT WALK ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH WHEN ONE OF MY SERVANTS HASTILY ENTERING INFORMED ME OF THE ROBBERY
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