She collected jewels.

A famous necklace, a well-known stone--she was not, as you say, happy till she got it.

She had a fortune in precious stones--oh, but a large fortune! By the ostentation of her jewels she paraded her wealth here, at Monte Carlo, in Paris.

Besides that, she was kind-hearted and most impressionable.

Finally, she was, like so many of her class, superstitious to the degree of folly." Suddenly Mr.Ricardo started in his chair.