The String of Pearls (1850), p. 505

course, different people take different courses upon emergencies. There is one thing, however, that I wonder you did not inquire about."
"What was that?"
"Your String of Pearls. How could you tell but that your friend had got to London, and had actually given her the Pearls with your message appended

TODD AND MRS. LOVETT AT BOW STREET POLICE OFFICE.{Figure}

to them? I really am surprised that you did not step forward and say, 'Oblige me, miss, with my pearls, if you no longer favour me with your affections!'"
'No, no. To tell the truth, I was too heart-broken at the time to care about anything in all the world; I had lost her who was to me the greatest jewel it had ever contained, and I cared for nothing else. I do believe I was a little mad, for I walked about the rest of that day, not knowing where I went to, and