The Dangerous Inheritance, or the Mystery of the Tittani Rubies

Excerpt from The Dangerous Inheritance, or the Mystery of the Tittani Rubies Carlota stood in a window recess, her back to the signor and his unexpected guest, her fingers tying and untying the faded purple silk cord of the shade. From where he sat in the old winged armchair by the piano, Ward caught a perfect silhouette of her profile against the glow. Of western light. Listening to Jaco belli's fiery protest in his usual silent way, his mind dwelt upon the blossoming of this for eign flower of girlhood who had so strangely attracted him from the first time he had ever looked into her eyes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.