Necklace Diary Entries

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Entry #1
I believe I’ve lost a necklace, it was quite expensive too. I had been invited to a grand ball with my husband, I had an exquisite time!~ I do remember it as if were yesterday. .. It was just last night come to think of it. But! The way the lights shone and the way all the men and women smiled at me, all of them loved me! I felt quite like a princess, as I should. Oh, how I radiated! Ah, I fear I’ve gotten off topic, when my husband and I had arrived home, I realized the bedazzled set of jewelry was missing from where it lay on my bosom, much to our horror! I was speechless with fright. My spouse retraced my steps through the night many a times! Yet it was all for naught when he had returned without the necklace. … Moreover, I have

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