◆Will an old superstition bring joy or despair?◆
Lady Mirabelle de Burgh is desperate to give her husband an heir. She's heard of the superstition that to buy a jeweled dagger from a blind old hag ensures conception. It is said one child will be conceived for each dagger purchased.
The old hag on Grope Lane has five jeweled daggers and Mirabelle wants them all. However, she only has enough money for four. When her greed lands her in a bad situation, what started as a noble cause ends up in a way that no one could have ever suspected.
(Excerpts from each of the four following books is included at the end of this short story)