A banker, Mr. Alexander Holder of Streatham, makes a loan of
£50,000 to a socially prominent client, who leaves the Beryl Coronet — one of
the most valuable public possessions in existence — as collateral. Holder feels
that he must not leave this rare and precious piece of jewelry in his
personal safe at the bank, and so he takes it home with him to lock it up
there. He is awakened in the night by a noise, enters his dressing room, and is
horrified to see his son Arthur with the coronet in his hands, apparently
trying to bend it. Holder's niece Mary comes at the sound of all the shouting
and, seeing the damaged coronet, faints dead away. Three beryls are missing
from it. In a panic, Mr. Holder travels to see Holmes, who agrees to take the
case.
Corwyn Allen, John Morland, and Caledonia Skytower live in voice.
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