With her own hand, and an air of ceremony, the lady unlocked her jewel-case, took out the _parure_, and placed it on her large, dark dressing-table. She had not for some time looked at this set of ornaments, and now that she did gaze at them, they seemed to her rather old-fashioned, and ill-suited to an unmarried woman: necklet, bracelet, comb, ear-rings, and buckle, all massive and sparkling. The diamonds were very fine, and handsomely set; the cornelians that they surrounded gleamed a most silky lustre, and showed the colour, when held to the light, of old blood. The lady thought that these adornments would not look so fashionable as they had appeared when her mother had worn them, or eve…
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