First there marched four officers of the jeddak's Guard bearing a huge salver on which reposed, upon a cushion of scarlet silk, a great golden chain with a collar and padlock at each end.

In addition, the Emperor wears an enchanted medallion, the Silver Seal, upon a chain around his neck.

The whole scheme had depended from the beginning upon so long a chain of ifs that it could still fall apart at any mo- ment and at any flawed link.

"Indeed I will," said Thorin, and he fastened it upon a fine chain that hung about his neck and under his jacket.

This defect required a means of establishing ownership that was not contingent upon a chain of title but could be established independently.

He fumbled at the large pouch at his hip and brought out a disc of shining silver upon a fine chain and hung it about Shandril's neck, kissing her on the forehead.

Among the Noldor also it was a custom that the bride's mother should give to the bridegroom a jewel upon a chain or collar; and the bridegroom's father should give a like gift to the bride.

It was strung upon a golden chain.

A golden true-lover's knot above the heart bore the motto, 'But one can wound me,' and the whole jewel was hung upon a chain of immense pearls.