He took down from the centre position on one of the shelves a small figure made from pink quartz with emerald eyes.
Felix put out his hand, but Garland Holt gave it to Karina.
“What is it?” she asked.
“It is Indian,” he replied. “It is Ganesa, the elephant God, the symbol of good luck.”
“It’s so heavy!” she exclaimed in surprise.
She held it up to the light and saw the little stand on which it was seated was made of amethyst, set with diamonds.
“It’s lovely!” she cried.
“It must have been carved in about the thirteenth century,” Garland Holt said. “And there is a legend that whoever possesses it will always have good luck. Originally it belonged to my grandfather. My grandmother always swears that his luck changed from the moment he was given it by a Maharajah whom he had befriended
