It was a necklace of what appeared to be large but rather roughly polished rubies, to which hung a small effigy of an Egyptian god also fashioned from a ruby.

It must be added that although of an unusual nature on such an occasion this jewel suited her dark beauty well.

Lady Ragnall's selection of it, however, from the many she possesses was the cause of much speculation.

When asked by a friend why she had chosen it, she is reported to have said that it was to bring her good fortune." Now why did she wear the barbaric marriage gift of Harut and Marut in preference to all the other gems at her disposal, I wondered.

The thing was so strange as to be almost uncanny.
The second piece of information concerning this pair reached me through the medium of an old _Times_ newspaper which I received over a year later.