He repeats his question one more time to everyone: "What kind of a town is this anyway? Selling liquor to Indians...it""s the most famous diamond in the world.The Imperial State Crown...it was made for the coronation of Queen Victoria.Among the jewels it contains the Ruby of the Black Prince...Jewels are wonderful things.They have a life of their own.Upset that her brooch is still missing, Paula entreats Gregory to return home early, and then apologizes to him and blames herself for spoiling their day: "I""m sorry I spoiled the day by bringing you home so soon.Stahl, was based on the recently-written novel by best-selling author Ben Ames Williams.After an intense bidding war, studio head Darryl F.Zanuck acquired the film rights in 1944 for an exorbitant price tag of $100,000 for the unpublished work (it was published a month later)...").Anna""s subsequent geography lesson on Norway, about ice (frozen water allowed one to "walk on water") and snow ("the raindrops change into small white spots that look like lace") caused controversy, when some the tutored childred (who had never seen ice or snow) stood up and refused to believe her incomprehensible account of ice and snow.