“More than it was worth.”
“You hear him, Brasher, you hear him say that that was more than it was worth? But though he says it, he has sufficient knowledge, even in the midst of his wallowing ignorance, to be aware that it is of priceless value. But his knowledge goes no further. He does not know, what I, the true connoisseur, perceived at once, that in the hands of an ignorant man the ring would deal death and danger. So he steals it – from me, his friend! Within a very few minutes his misdeed finds him out. You saw him struggling with death – we see him struggling now! Brasher, look on him now, and ponder!”
“When you have quite finished, perhaps you’ll ring the bell.”
“I have not finished, but I will ring the bell. And when I have rung it, I will begin again.”
“Oh!”
Brasher rang.
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