The collection of Countess Ahmberg was noted for its variety of shapes and colors more than for its large or costly pearls; and that leads to my great discovery." "Thank heaven," said Flo, with a sigh.
"I have discovered that our famous expert.

Le Drieux, is an arrant humbug." "We had suspected that," remarked Maud.
"Now we know it," declared Colby.

"Pearls, I have learned, change their color, their degree of luster, even their weight, according to atmospheric conditions and location.

A ten-penny-weight pearl in Vienna might weigh eight or nine pennyweights here in California, or it is more likely to weigh twelve.

The things absorb certain moistures and chemicals from the air and sun, and shed those absorptions when kept in darkness or from the fresh air.