On a beautiful spring day, Julia Harburn sat on a seat in Kensington Gardens enjoying the sunshine.
She was wearing a white frock and a large straw hat with a sapphire-blue ribbon which exactly matched her eyes—a strange coincidence, as it turned out, for the blue sapphire was to have a far-reaching influence upon her life.
So far, her life had been somewhat dull and circumscribed; but quite suddenly her horizons were enlarged. She began to make new friends—and enemies—and she began to discover new strength and purpose in her own nature. This development of her character led her into strange adventures…
