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"Good business!" cried Shylock. The stranger smiled and bowed. "Excellent," he said. "I took the words right out of his mouth. GOOD BUSINESS CRIED SHYLOCK THE STRANGER SMILED AND BOWED EXCELLENT HE SAID I TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF HIS MOUTH
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. 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?” ALTH 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 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
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