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"'No,' I replied. 'Only something of a mind reader.' "Well, to be brief, the bargain was struck. NO I REPLIED ONLY SOMETHING OF A MIND READER WELL TO BE BRIEF THE BARGAIN WAS STRUCK
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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