Well, how can you get even with an old, unloved husband—an officer in the English colonial forces in India, a neat-freak and pedant for whom honor comes first? No problem: just steal the largest diamond in the world from an ancient Indian temple, and let the colonel’s head ache over the sad fact that his wife turned out to be… let’s say… not particularly discreet.
After carrying out the kidnapping, the young Arabella soon changes her mind about compromising her husband, but unfortunately too many people were interested in the unique stone. Over a span of one and a half centuries, the magnificent diamond passed from hand to hand until it surfaced in modern Poland. And if so, it would be naive to assume that Madame Joanna won’t take an interest in the matter.