The Datchet DiamondsChapter XVIIReading editionChapter navigation41 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterDATCHET DIAMONDSRICHARD MARSHChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIIIChapter XIVChapter XVChapter XVIChapter XVIIChapter XVIIIChapter XIXChapter I · TWO MEN AND A MAIDChapter II · OVERHEARD IN THE TRAINChapter III · THE DIAMONDSChapter IV · MISS WENTWORTH'S RUDENESSChapter V · IN THE BODEGAChapter VI · THE ADVENTURES OF A NIGHTChapter VII · THE DATCHET DIAMONDS ARE PLACED IN SAFE CUSTODYChapter VIII · IN THE MOMENT OF HIS SUCCESSChapter IX · A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGEChapter X · CYRIL'S FRIENDChapter XI · JOHN IRELAND'S WARRANTChapter XII · A WOMAN ROUSEDChapter XIII · THE DETECTIVE AND THE LADYChapter XIV · AMONG THIEVESChapter XV · PUT TO THE QUESTIONChapter XVI · A MODERN INSTANCE OF AN ANCIENT PRACTICEChapter XVII · THE MOST DANGEROUS FOR OF ALLChapter XVIII · THE LAST OF THE DATCHET DIAMONDSChapter XIX · A WOMAN'S LOGICPrevious chapter ←Chapter XVINext chapter →Chapter XVIIIAll chapters and sections (41)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsDATCHET DIAMONDSRICHARD MARSHChapters1234567891011121314151617181912345678910111213141516171819THE MOST DANGEROUS FOE OF ALL.◇← CHAPTER XVI.CHAPTER XVIII. →