“How romantic,” said Schmidt.
“Isn’t it?” I agreed. Actually, I found the paper wrapped around the trinket even more romantic—it was a receipt from a famous antiquarian jeweler’s in Manhattan, and it was marked “Paid.” Nice to get a present I would not have to return to its rightful owner…. But I think the thing that touched me most was my hero’s gallantry in taking on Clara singlehanded.
I tucked the packet into my pocket. “Let’s go.”
Schmidt seemed to feel that some further ceremony was called for. He couldn’t decide in which direction to face, to address the absent and admired one; after spinning around a few times, he settled on the window. Raising one hand in solemn respect, he declaimed, “Ave atque vale, Sir John. The memory of your gallantry will live, green in our hearts—”
“You sound like a funeral sermon, Schmidt,” I said.
Tony was still in a Shakespearean mood. “How about ‘When shall we three meet again?’” he suggested sarcastically.
I don’t think Schmidt recognized the source. “Yes, yes,” he exclaimed. “Very appropriate. How does it go on?”
He and Tony went out together, Tony reciting “‘In thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won…’”
They had left me to handle the carrier. I picked it up and followed them. The quotation was more appropriate than Schmidt or Tony knew. I had won this battle, and John had lost something more important to him than Trojan gold. Served him right…. I wondered how the next round would turn out.
About the Author
Elizabeth Peters was named Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. She earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. In addition to the Vicky Bliss mysteries, Elizabeth Peters is the author of the bestselling Amelia Peabody mysteries.
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Books by Elizabeth Peters
THE APE WHO GUARDS THE BALANCE
SEEING A LARGE CAT · THE HIPPOPOTAMUS POOL
NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS
THE SNAKE, THE CROCODILE AND THE DOG
THE LAST CAMEL DIED AT NOON · NAKED ONCE MORE
THE DEEDS OF THE DISTURBER · TROJAN GOLD
LION IN THE VALLEY · LORD OF THE SILENT
THE MUMMY CASE · DIE FOR LOVE
SILHOUETTE IN SCARLET · THE COPENHAGEN CONNECTION
THE CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS · THE LOVE TALKER
SUMMER OF THE DRAGON · STREET OF THE FIVE MOONS
DEVIL MAY CARE · LEGEND IN GREEN VELVET
CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK · THE MURDERS OF RICHARD III
BORROWER OF THE NIGHT · THE SEVENTH SINNER
THE NIGHT OF FOUR HUNDRED RABBITS
THE DEAD SEA CIPHER · THE CAMELOT CAPER
THE JACKAL’S HEAD · THE FALCON AT THE PORTAL
HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY
And in Hardcover
THE GOLDEN ONE
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
TROJAN GOLD. Copyright © 1987 by Elizabeth Peters.
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