[Idriess, Ion L., 1937, Forty Fathoms Deep, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Chapter 8]

Chapter VIII

THE DIVER AND THE HERRINGS

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The case excited keen attention. The attempt to sell as a huge pearl a lemonade stopper wrapped in a handkerchief was unique. But among the twenty-eight witnesses called there were many who evidently were afraid of saying too much. Never throughout the inquiry did the existence of the true pearl come out publicly. Though a few men knew of it now, each kept quiet for personal reasons.

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