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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. 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
ls like the Savoy in the height of the season,’ I replied, thinking that the jest would end there, and that he would now reveal his identity and speak of the tiara. To my surprise, however, he did nothing of the sort. “‘You have an almost supernatural gift,’ he said. ‘My name is Bunker. I am stopping at the Savoy. I _am_ an American. I _was_ rich when I arrived here, but I’m not quite so bloated with wealth as I was, now that I have paid my first week’s bill. I _have_ lost my watch; such a watch, too, as you describe, even to the dents. Your only mistake was that the dents were made by my son John, and not Willie; but even there I cannot but wonder at you, for John and Willie are twins, and so much alike that it sometimes baffles even their mother 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.  STOP AT HOTELS LIKE THE SAVOY IN THE HEIGHT OF THE SEASON I REPLIED THINKING THAT THE JEST WOULD END THERE AND THAT HE WOULD NOW REVEAL HIS IDENTITY AND SPEAK OF THE TIARA TO MY SURPRISE HOWEVER HE DID NOTHING OF THE SORT YOU HAVE AN ALMOST SUPERNATURAL GIFT HE SAID MY NAME IS BUNKER I AM STOPPING AT THE SAVOY I AM AN AMERICAN I WAS RICH WHEN I ARRIVED HERE BUT I AM NOT QUITE SO BLOATED WITH WEALTH AS I WAS NOW THAT I HAVE PAID MY FIRST WEEK'S BILL I HAVE LOST MY WATCH SUCH A WATCH TOO AS YOU DESCRIBE EVEN TO THE DEBTS YOUR ONLY MISTAKE WAS THAT THE DEBTS WERE MADE BY MY SON JOHN AND NOT WILLIE BUT EVEN THERE I CANNOT BUT WONDER AT YOU FOR JOHN WILLY OUR TWINS AND SO MUCH ALIKE THAT IT SOMETIMES BAFFLES EVEN THEIR MOTHER TO TELL THEM APART 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
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