{"product_id":"2940013500143","title":"The Mysterious Key and What it Opened","description":"Chapter I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PROPHECY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  _Trevlyn lands and Trevlyn gold,\u003cbr\u003e  Heir nor heiress e'er shall hold,\u003cbr\u003e  Undisturbed, till, spite of rust,\u003cbr\u003e  Truth is found in Trevlyn dust._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the third time I've found you poring over that old rhyme. What\u003cbr\u003eis the charm, Richard? Not its poetry I fancy.\" And the young wife laid\u003cbr\u003ea slender hand on the yellow, time-worn page where, in Old English text,\u003cbr\u003eappeared the lines she laughed at.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Trevlyn looked up with a smile and threw by the book, as if\u003cbr\u003eannoyed at being discovered reading it. Drawing his wife's hand through\u003cbr\u003ehis own, he led her back to her couch, folded the soft shawls about her,\u003cbr\u003eand, sitting in a low chair beside her, said in a cheerful tone, though\u003cbr\u003ehis eyes betrayed some hidden care, \"My love, that book is a history of\u003cbr\u003eour family for centuries, and that old prophecy has never yet been\u003cbr\u003efulfilled, except the 'heir and heiress' line. I am the last Trevlyn,\u003cbr\u003eand as the time draws near when my child shall be born, I naturally\u003cbr\u003ethink of his future, and hope he will enjoy his heritage in peace.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"God grant it!\" softly echoed Lady Trevlyn, adding, with a look askance\u003cbr\u003eat the old book, \"I read that history once, and fancied it must be a\u003cbr\u003eromance, such dreadful things are recorded in it. Is it all true,\u003cbr\u003eRichard?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, dear. I wish it was not. Ours has been a wild, unhappy race till\u003cbr\u003ethe last generation or two. The stormy nature came in with old Sir\u003cbr\u003eRalph, the fierce Norman knight, who killed his only son in a fit of\u003cbr\u003ewrath, by a blow with his steel gauntlet, because the boy's strong will\u003cbr\u003ewould not yield to his.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, I remember, and his daughter Clotilde held the castle during a\u003cbr\u003esiege, and married her cousin, Count Hugo. 'Tis a warlike race, and I\u003cbr\u003elike it in spite of the mad deeds.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Married her cousin! That has been the bane of our family in times past.\u003cbr\u003eBeing too proud to mate elsewhere, we have kept to ourselves till idiots\u003cbr\u003eand lunatics began to appear. My father was the first who broke the law\u003cbr\u003eamong us, and I followed his example: choosing the freshest, sturdiest\u003cbr\u003eflower I could find to transplant into our exhausted soil.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079506182384,"sku":"2940013500143","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013500143_p0.jpg?v=1763581698","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013500143","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}