The Beryl Coronet: The Precious Treasure

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: The Beryl Coronet: The Precious Treasure                                                 
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: Look a little harder under your roof, Mr. Holder.

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Inventory:

One son reviled as a wastrel, the wronged party who defended the family’s honour.

One daughter revered as an angel, who fell from grace in an actual wastrel’s clutches.

A few stones in a lump of metal, described as the most valuable thing in the house.

One man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

You have him spot on; a man who never looked below the surface.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

We're talking about a guy who brought a valuable security to keep in his home safe instead of leaving it in the bank. Not the brightest bulb in the building.

[debriswoman]

Well put:-)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

So very true. Nicely done.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed ^^"

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

The whole story is about this man's profound lack of judgement.

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Moral of the story: run like hell if someone ever makes you responsible for some precious gemstone.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

And if your father refers to a lump of glorified coal as the most valuable thing under his roof? Find a new roof to live under.