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mysterious fast-paced

I cannot say that I am a great fan of dusting. Of all the household chores, it's one of the most tedious - an argument against all those little ornaments that people like to have. It is also, according to this story, the clue on which all else hangs. If my choice is to dust and get away with a stolen, expensive necklace, or to not dust and go to jail, I choose the third option: not dusting and no necklace. 

There's nothing wrong with costume jewellery anyway.