but in fact she was struck by the curse of the diamond
- although it looked as if she was going to be set up for life with
the fabulous diamond, it was really going to plague her. THe diamond
was thousands of years old and had been owned once by a powerful
magician who has put a curse on it after his only daughter had
swallowed it and choked. He said that whoever would own it would be
followed by bad luck forever.
