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"'No,' I replied. 'Only something of a mind reader.' "Well, to be brief, the bargain was struck. I was to look for a watch that I knew he hadn't lost, and was to receive £200 if I found it. It seemed to him to be a very good bargain, as, indeed, it was, from his point of view, feeling, as he did, that there never having been any such watch, it could not be recovered, and little suspecting that two could play at his little game of deception, and that under any circumstances I could foist a ten shilling watch upon him for two hundred pounds. This business concluded, he started to go. NO I REPLIED ONLY SOMETHING OF A MIND READER WELL TO BE BRIEF THE BARGAIN WAS STRUCK I WAS TO LOOK FOR A WATCH THAT I KNEW HE HADN'T LOST AND WAS TO RECEIVE TWO HUNDRED POUNDS IF I FOUND IT IT SEEMED TO HIM TO BE A VERY GOOD BARGAIN AS INDEED IT WAS FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW FEELING AS HE DID THAT THERE NEVER HAVING BEEN ANY SUCH WATCH COULD NOT BE RECOVERED AND LITTLE SUSPECTING THAT TWO COULD PLAY AT HIS LITTLE GAME OF DECEPTION THAT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES I COULD FORCE A TEN SHILLING WATCH UPON HIM FOR TWO HUNDRED POUNDS THIS BUSINESS CONCLUDED HE STARTED TO GO
to tell them apart. The watch has no very great value intrinsically, but the associations are such that I want it back, and I will pay £200 for its recovery. I have no clew as to who took it. It was numbered—’ “Here a happy thought struck me. In all my description of the watch I had merely described my own, a very cheap affair which I had won at a raffle. My visitor was deceiving me, though for what purpose I did not on the instant divine. No one would like to suspect him of having purloined his wife’s tiara. Why should I not deceive him, and at the same time get rid of my poor chronometer for a sum that exceeded its value a hundredfold?” “Good business!” cried Shylock. The stranger smiled and bowed. “Excellent,” he said. “I took the words right out of his mouth. ‘It was numbered 86507B!’ I cried, giving, of course, the number of my own watch. “He gazed at me narrowly for a moment, and then he smiled. ‘You grow more marvellous at every step. That was indeed the number. Are you a demon? RT THE WATCH HAS NO VERY GREAT VALUE INTRINSICALLY BUT THE ASSOCIATIONS BUT THE ASSOCIATIONS ARE SUCH THAT I WANT IT BACK AND I WILL PAY TWO HUNDRED POUNDS FOR ITS RECOVERY I HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHO TOOK IT IT WAS NUMBERED HERE A HAPPY THOUGHT STRUCK ME IN ALL MY DESCRIPTION OF THE WATCH I HAD MERELY DESCRIBED MY OWN A VERY CHEAP AFFAIR WHICH I HAD WON IN THE RAFFLE MY VISITOR WAS DECEIVING ME THOUGH FOR WHAT PURPOSE I DID NOT ON THE INSTANT DIVINE NO ONE WOULD LIKE TO SUSPECT HIM OF HAVING PURLOINED HIS WIFE'S TIARA WHY SHOULD I NOT DECEIVE HIM AND AT THE SAME TIME GET RID OF MY POOR CHRONOMETER FOR A SUM THAT EXCEEDED ITS VALUE A HUNDREDFOLD GOOD BUSINESS CRIED SHYLOCK THE STRANGER SMILED AND BOWED EXCELLENT HE SAID I TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF HIS MOUTH IT WAS NUMBERED EIGHT SIX FIVE ZERO SEVEN B I CRIED GIVING OF COURSE THE NUMBER OF MY OWN WATCH HE GAZED AT ME NARROWLY FOR A MOMENT AND THEN HE SMILED YOU GROW MORE MARVELLOUS AT EVERY STEP THAT WAS INDEED THE NUMBER ARE YOU A DEMON
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