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And as for his Royal Highness -- ! I have a great respect for his Royal Highness , but I do not in the least desire to meet him at Dumbello 's table . '' And so that matter was settled , as regarded the inhabitants of Plumstead Episcopi . And whither did Lord Dumbello betake himself when he left his wife 's room in so great a hurry at twelve o'clock ? Not to the Park , nor to Tattersall 's , nor to a Committee-room of the House of Commons , nor yet to the bow-window of his club . But he went straight to a great jeweller 's in Ludgate-hill , and there purchased a wonderful green necklace , very rare and curious , heavy with green sparkling drops , with three rows of shining green stones embedded in chaste gold , -- a necklace amounting almost to a jewelled cuirass in weight and extent . It had been in all the exhibitions , and was very costly and magnificent .