Chink In The Armour

"[...]exceedingly costly ornament, for it consisted of a string of large and finely-matched pearls. As the two friends went upstairs after luncheon Madame Wolsky said earnestly, "If I were you, Sylvia, I would certainly leave your pearls in the office this afternoon. Where is the use of wearing them on such an expedition as that to a fortune-teller?" "But why shouldn't I wear them?" asked Sylvia, rather surprised. "Well, in your place I should certainly leave anything as valuable as your pearls in safe keeping. After all, we know nothing of this Madame Cagliostra, and Montmartre is what Parisians call an eccentric quarter."[...]".