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one of these latter a collection of exquisite jade was gathered together.
And the Buddha which Paul Van Vreck had coveted was gone!
CHAPTER XI
ANNESLEY REMEMBERS
There was great excitement for the next few days at Valley House and
throughout the neighbourhood, for the Annesley-Setons made no secret of
the robbery, and the affair got into the papers, not only the local ones,
but the London dailies.
Two of the latter sent representatives, to whom Lord Annesley-Seton
granted interviews. Something he said attracted the reporters' attention
to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Smith, who had been dining at Valley House on the
evening when the theft was discovered, and Knight was begged for an
interview.
He was asked if he had formed an opinion as to the disappearance of the
three heirlooms, and whether he knew personally Mr. Paul Van Vreck, the
American collector and retired head of the famous firm of jewellers, who
had wished to buy the vanished treasures.
Having spent most of his life in America, Knight had the theory that
unless you wished to be misrepresented, the only safe thing was to let
yourself be interviewed.
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