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CalypsoUsed alone, Calypso might refer to one of several things:Calypso is a style of Caribbean folk music. See: Calypso music Calypso is also the name of a moon of Saturn. See: Calypso (moon) There is a John Denver song called 'Calypso' about 'sailing on a dream on a crystal clear ocean'. See: Calypso (song)[?] In Greek mythology, Calypso is the name of a sea nymph[?]. See: Calypso (mythology) The Calypso was a ship sailed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau. See: Calypso (ship) Calypso is also the name of a town in North Carolina. See: Calypso, North Carolina
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circumstances had greatly reduced their fortune, they preferred to
of royalty. More particularly, the present count clung to it as a
he had rented a safety-deposit box at the Crédit Lyonnais in which
which his wife wished to wear it, and he, himself, carried it back
Castille, the Countess achieved a remarkable success; and King
grace and beauty. The thousand facets of the diamond sparkled and
it is safe to say that none but she could have borne the weight of
when they returned to their chamber in the old house of the
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necklace with an almost childish vanity, and it was not without
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with the Cardinal's arms, he passed into an adjoining room which
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on a high shelf amongst hat-boxes and piles of linen. He closed
Crédit Lyonnais before breakfast. He dressed, drank a cup of
of one of the horses worried him. He caused it to be exercised in
the chamber. Her maid was dressing her hair. When her husband
sign of astonishment, he asked:
"Did you take it, my dear?"
"What?....No, I have not taken anything."
"You must have moved it."
"Not at all. I have not even opened that door."
He appeared at the door, disconcerted, and stammered, in a scarcely
search, throwing the boxes to the floor and overturning the piles
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