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The jewels possessed by Lady Caithness were the most gorgeous I have ever seen

Date of account: Published 1919
Source: Ghosts I Have Seen, and Other Psychic Experiences
Reference: Ghosts I Have Seen, and Other Psychic Experiences · selected passage 31
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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The jewels possessed by Lady Caithness were the most gorgeous I have ever seen. Nothing worn by crowned heads, at the many English Courts I have attended, were comparable to them. I can remember an Edinburgh jeweler inviting my father and me to inspect some diamonds belonging to her that he was cleaning. There was a long chain of huge diamonds reaching to the knees, with a cross attached, which no casual observer, not possessing the jeweler's guarantee as we did, would have believed to be genuine. When standing receiving her guests in the beautiful salons of the Palais Tiranty, clad in crimson velvet, she looked a very wonderful figure, for she possessed exceptional personal beauty as well.

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