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-"URSULA ARDFERN! She is not the kind of person who would mislay her jewels for the sake of a few lines of advertising," he said. "Where did she lose them?"
-"It is rather a curious story," said the editor, leaning back in his chair, his hands clasped behind his head. "She went into a post office on Saturday morning on her way to the theatre for the matinee, bought some stamps, putting the jewel-case down on the counter by her side. When she looked round, the case was gone. It happened so suddenly and in such a surprisingly short space of time that she could not believe her eyes, and did not even complain to the post office officials.