# Toxin

Author: Ouida, 1839-1908; Forestier, A. (Amédée), 1854-1930 [Illustrator]; Sedgwick [Illustrator]

Genre: Venice (Italy) -- Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78502

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Toxin+Ouida&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A string of opals, linked and set in gold, had been loosened from her throat, and had slid down into the water of the lagoon, midway between the Lido and the city of Venice. But the gondola was moving swiftly under the impulsion of a rower fore and aft, and, though they stopped a few moments after at her cry, the spot where it had fallen was already passed and left behind. She was vexed and provoked. She had many jewels, but the opal necklace was an heirloom, and of fine and curious workmanship. The gondoliers did their best to find it, but in vain. They were in the deeper water of the sailing roads, which were marked out by the lines of poles, and the necklace, a slight thing, had been b...

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/toxin-78502/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/toxin-78502/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/toxin-78502/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/toxin-78502/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/toxin-78502/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/toxin-78502/chapters/6/index.md)