JEWELRY←
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FILENAME(S): JEWELRY←
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00000000: 20 41 53 0A E7 4E 01 09 00 C0 11 DC 0E 59 6F 75 | AS..N.......You| 00000010: 20 61 72 65 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 64 65 | are on the side| 00000020: 77 61 6C 6B 20 6F 66 20 57 34 37 2D 34 38 2C 20 |walk of W47-48, | 00000030: 69 6E 20 66 72 6F 6E 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 |in front of the | 00000040: 65 6E 74 72 61 6E 63 65 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 |entrance to the | 00000050: 4A 45 57 45 4C 52 59 20 45 4D 50 4F 52 49 55 4D |JEWELRY EMPORIUM| 00000060: 2C 20 61 63 63 6F 72 64 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 74 |, according to t| 00000070: 68 65 20 67 6C 69 74 74 65 72 69 6E 67 20 73 69 |he glittering si| 00000080: 67 6E 20 61 62 6F 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 68 65 61 |gn above the hea| 00000090: 76 79 2C 20 70 6C 61 74 65 2D 67 6C 61 73 73 20 |vy, plate-glass | 000000A0: 64 6F 6F 72 73 2E 20 54 68 65 20 73 74 72 65 65 |doors. The stree| 000000B0: 74 2D 6C 65 76 65 6C 20 77 69 6E 64 6F 77 73 20 |t-level windows | 000000C0: 64 69 73 70 6C 61 79 20 6A 65 77 65 6C 72 79 20 |display jewelry | 000000D0: 61 6E 64 20 6D 69 6E 69 61 74 75 72 69 7A 65 64 |and miniaturized| 000000E0: 20 65 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 6E 69 63 20 64 65 76 69 | electronic devi| 000000F0: 63 65 73 20 6F 66 20 6D 79 72 69 61 64 20 6B 69 |ces of myriad ki| 00000100: 6E 64 73 2C 20 61 6C 6C 20 66 61 62 72 69 63 61 |nds, all fabrica| 00000110: 74 65 64 20 6F 66 20 70 72 65 63 69 6F 75 73 20 |ted of precious | 00000120: 6D 65 74 61 6C 73 20 61 6E 64 20 62 65 64 65 63 |metals and bedec| 00000130: 6B 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 67 65 6D 73 74 6F 6E |ked with gemston| 00000140: 65 73 2E 20 54 68 65 20 66 61 63 61 64 65 20 6F |es. The facade o| 00000150: 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 69 6C 64 69 6E 67 20 69 |f the building i| 00000160: 73 20 70 6C 61 74 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 73 79 |s plated with sy| 00000170: 6E 74 68 65 67 6F 6C 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 67 6C |nthegold that gl| 00000180: 65 61 6D 73 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6C 69 67 68 |eams in the ligh| 00000190: 74 2E 00 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 4A |t..This is the J| 000001A0: 65 77 65 6C 72 79 20 45 6D 70 6F 72 69 75 6D 2E |ewelry Emporium.| 000001B0: 00 59 6F 75 20 70 75 73 68 20 6F 70 65 6E 20 74 |.You push open t| 000001C0: 68 65 20 64 6F 6F 72 20 61 6E 64 20 65 6E 74 65 |he door and ente| 000001D0: 72 2E 20 49 6E 20 63 6F 6E 74 72 61 73 74 20 74 |r. In contrast t| 000001E0: 6F 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 7A 7A 6C 69 6E 67 20 65 |o the dazzling e| 000001F0: 78 74 65 72 69 6F 72 2C 20 74 68 65 20 69 6E 74 |xterior, the int| 00000200: 65 72 69 6F 72 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 45 6D 70 |erior of the Emp| 00000210: 6F 72 69 75 6D 20 69 73 20 73 74 61 72 6B 6C 79 |orium is starkly| 00000220: 20 73 69 6D 70 6C 65 2C 20 74 68 6F 75 67 68 20 | simple, though | 00000230: 73 74 69 6C 6C 20 77 68 69 73 70 65 72 69 6E 67 |still whispering| 00000240: 20 72 69 63 68 6C 79 20 6F 66 20 6D 6F 6E 65 79 | richly of money| 00000250: 2E 00 20 54 68 65 20 70 65 61 72 6C 79 20 67 72 |.. The pearly gr| 00000260: 61 79 20 63 61 72 70 65 74 2C 20 74 68 65 20 6D |ay carpet, the m| 00000270: 61 68 6F 67 61 6E 79 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 65 72 20 |ahogany counter | 00000280: 76 61 72 6E 69 73 68 65 64 20 74 6F 20 61 20 6D |varnished to a m| 00000290: 69 72 72 6F 72 2D 6C 69 6B 65 20 66 69 6E 69 73 |irror-like finis| 000002A0: 68 20 72 65 66 6C 65 63 74 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 |h reflecting the| 000002B0: 20 62 6C 61 63 6B 2D 73 75 69 74 65 64 2C 20 73 | black-suited, s| 000002C0: 69 6C 76 65 72 2D 68 61 69 72 65 64 20 63 6C 65 |ilver-haired cle| 000002D0: 72 6B 2C 20 74 68 65 20 67 75 61 72 64 20 73 6C |rk, the guard sl| 000002E0: 65 65 6B 6C 79 20 64 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 69 6E |eekly dressed in| 000002F0: 20 61 20 66 6F 72 6D 2D 66 69 74 74 69 6E 67 20 | a form-fitting | 00000300: 64 61 72 6B 20 72 65 64 20 63 6F 76 65 72 61 6C |dark red coveral| 00000310: 6C 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 73 74 75 6E 67 75 6E |l with a stungun| 00000320: 20 69 6E 20 61 20 73 68 69 6E 79 20 62 6C 61 63 | in a shiny blac| 00000330: 6B 20 6C 65 61 74 68 65 72 20 68 6F 6C 73 74 65 |k leather holste| 00000340: 72 20 73 74 72 61 70 70 65 64 20 74 6F 20 68 69 |r strapped to hi| 00000350: 73 20 73 69 64 65 2D 2D 61 6C 6C 20 62 65 73 70 |s side--all besp| 00000360: 65 61 6B 20 74 68 65 20 77 65 61 6C 74 68 20 61 |eak the wealth a| 00000370: 6E 64 20 70 6F 77 65 72 20 6F 66 20 74 68 6F 73 |nd power of thos| 00000380: 65 20 77 68 6F 20 68 61 62 69 74 75 61 6C 6C 79 |e who habitually| 00000390: 20 73 68 6F 70 20 68 65 72 65 2E 20 54 68 65 20 | shop here. The | 000003A0: 63 6C 65 72 6B 2C 20 62 61 72 65 6C 79 20 72 65 |clerk, barely re| 000003B0: 73 74 72 61 69 6E 69 6E 67 20 68 69 73 20 63 6F |straining his co| 000003C0: 6E 74 65 6D 70 74 20 66 6F 72 20 79 6F 75 72 20 |ntempt for your | 000003D0: 69 6E 65 6C 65 67 61 6E 74 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 |inelegant appear| 000003E0: 61 6E 63 65 20 73 61 79 73 2C 20 22 4D 61 79 20 |ance says, "May | 000003F0: 49 20 68 65 6C 70 20 79 6F 75 3F 22 00 59 6F 75 |I help you?".You| 00000400: 20 6E 6F 74 69 63 65 20 61 20 73 69 67 6E 20 6E | notice a sign n| 00000410: 65 78 74 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 64 6F 6F 72 3A |ext to the door:| 00000420: 20 4F 50 45 4E 20 39 20 41 4D 20 54 4F 20 37 20 | OPEN 9 AM TO 7 | 00000430: 50 4D 00 54 68 65 20 63 6C 65 72 6B 20 73 61 79 |PM.The clerk say| 00000440: 73 2C 20 22 49 6E 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 61 73 65 |s, "In that case| 00000450: 2C 20 73 69 72 2C 20 49 20 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 |, sir, I suggest| 00000460: 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 6C 65 61 76 65 2E | that you leave.| 00000470: 22 20 48 65 20 72 61 69 73 65 73 20 68 69 73 20 |" He raises his | 00000480: 65 79 65 62 72 6F 77 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 |eyebrows at the | 00000490: 67 75 61 72 64 2C 20 77 68 6F 20 73 74 72 69 64 |guard, who strid| 000004A0: 65 73 20 61 63 72 6F 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F |es across the ro| 000004B0: 6F 6D 20 61 6E 64 20 73 74 61 6E 64 73 20 6E 65 |om and stands ne| 000004C0: 78 74 20 74 6F 20 79 6F 75 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 74 |xt to you. You t| 000004D0: 61 6B 65 20 74 68 65 20 68 69 6E 74 20 61 6E 64 |ake the hint and| 000004E0: 20 6C 65 61 76 65 2E 00 54 68 65 20 63 6C 65 72 | leave..The cler| 000004F0: 6B 27 73 20 73 6D 69 6C 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 6D |k's smile is a m| 00000500: 69 6C 6C 69 6D 65 74 65 72 20 61 77 61 79 20 66 |illimeter away f| 00000510: 72 6F 6D 20 61 20 73 6E 65 65 72 2E 20 48 65 20 |rom a sneer. He | 00000520: 66 6C 69 63 6B 73 20 61 20 73 77 69 74 63 68 20 |flicks a switch | 00000530: 62 65 68 69 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 |behind the count| 00000540: 65 72 2E 20 54 68 65 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 65 72 74 |er. The countert| 00000550: 6F 70 20 73 6C 69 64 65 73 20 6F 70 65 6E 20 61 |op slides open a| 00000560: 6E 64 20 61 20 76 65 6C 76 65 74 2D 74 6F 70 70 |nd a velvet-topp| 00000570: 65 64 20 70 6C 61 74 66 6F 72 6D 20 72 69 73 65 |ed platform rise| 00000580: 73 20 64 69 73 70 6C 61 79 69 6E 67 20 74 68 72 |s displaying thr| 00000590: 65 65 20 73 6D 61 6C 6C 20 6F 62 6A 65 63 74 73 |ee small objects| 000005A0: 2E 00 20 54 68 65 20 63 6C 65 72 6B 20 73 61 79 |.. The clerk say| 000005B0: 73 2C 20 22 54 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 65 20 61 6D |s, "These are am| 000005C0: 6F 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 79 20 66 65 77 |ong the very few| 000005D0: 20 69 74 65 6D 73 20 77 65 20 63 61 72 72 79 20 | items we carry | 000005E0: 74 68 61 74 20 73 65 6C 6C 20 66 6F 72 20 75 6E |that sell for un| 000005F0: 64 65 72 20 24 31 30 30 30 3A 20 61 20 67 6F 6C |der $1000: a gol| 00000600: 64 2D 70 6C 61 74 65 64 20 73 74 69 63 6B 70 69 |d-plated stickpi| 00000610: 6E 20 6F 72 6E 61 6D 65 6E 74 65 64 20 77 69 74 |n ornamented wit| 00000620: 68 20 61 20 73 6D 61 6C 6C 20 72 75 62 79 2D 2D |h a small ruby--| 00000630: 24 37 35 30 3B 20 61 20 66 6C 61 73 68 6C 69 67 |$750; a flashlig| 00000640: 68 74 20 72 69 6E 67 2C 20 74 75 72 71 75 6F 69 |ht ring, turquoi| 00000650: 73 65 20 69 6E 20 61 20 73 69 6C 76 65 72 20 73 |se in a silver s| 00000660: 65 74 74 69 6E 67 2D 2D 24 36 39 35 2C 20 6A 75 |etting--$695, ju| 00000670: 73 74 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 |st press on the | 00000680: 73 74 6F 6E 65 20 61 6E 64 20 61 20 68 69 67 68 |stone and a high| 00000690: 20 69 6E 74 65 6E 73 69 74 79 20 6C 69 67 68 74 | intensity light| 000006A0: 20 69 73 20 65 6D 69 74 74 65 64 3B 20 61 6E 64 | is emitted; and| 000006B0: 20 61 20 63 61 6C 63 75 6C 61 74 6F 72 20 77 69 | a calculator wi| 000006C0: 74 68 20 61 20 70 6C 61 74 69 6E 75 6D 2D 69 72 |th a platinum-ir| 000006D0: 69 64 69 75 6D 20 63 61 73 65 2D 2D 24 38 35 30 |idium case--$850| 000006E0: 2E 00 54 68 65 20 63 6C 65 72 6B 27 73 20 70 61 |..The clerk's pa| 000006F0: 74 69 65 6E 63 65 20 69 73 20 73 6F 72 65 6C 79 |tience is sorely| 00000700: 20 74 72 69 65 64 2E 20 48 65 20 73 61 79 73 2C | tried. He says,| 00000710: 20 22 49 27 6D 20 61 66 72 61 69 64 2C 20 73 69 | "I'm afraid, si| 00000720: 72 2C 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 |r, that you are | 00000730: 77 61 73 74 69 6E 67 20 6D 79 20 74 69 6D 65 2E |wasting my time.| 00000740: 22 20 59 6F 75 20 74 61 6B 65 20 74 68 65 20 68 |" You take the h| 00000750: 69 6E 74 20 61 6E 64 20 6C 65 61 76 65 2E 00 59 |int and leave..Y| 00000760: 6F 75 20 74 61 6B 65 20 6F 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 |ou take out the | 00000770: 61 6D 62 65 72 20 6C 69 67 68 74 65 72 20 61 6E |amber lighter an| 00000780: 64 20 70 75 74 20 79 6F 75 72 20 66 69 6E 67 65 |d put your finge| 00000790: 72 74 69 70 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 70 72 |rtip in the depr| 000007A0: 65 73 73 69 6F 6E 2E 20 41 20 79 65 6C 6C 6F 77 |ession. A yellow| 000007B0: 20 66 6C 61 6D 65 20 73 68 6F 6F 74 73 20 6F 75 | flame shoots ou| 000007C0: 74 20 74 68 65 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 65 6E 64 2E |t the other end.| 000007D0: 20 54 68 65 20 67 75 61 72 64 20 72 75 6E 73 20 | The guard runs | 000007E0: 61 63 72 6F 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F 6F 6D 20 |across the room | 000007F0: 61 6E 64 20 73 77 61 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 6C 69 |and swats the li| 00000800: 67 68 74 65 72 20 6F 75 74 20 6F 66 20 79 6F 75 |ghter out of you| 00000810: 72 20 68 61 6E 64 2C 20 65 78 74 69 6E 67 75 69 |r hand, extingui| 00000820: 73 68 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 66 6C 61 6D 65 2E |shing the flame.| 00000830: 20 48 65 20 70 75 73 68 65 73 20 79 6F 75 20 6F | He pushes you o| 00000840: 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 6F 6F 72 2E 00 59 6F 75 |ut the door..You| 00000850: 20 6C 65 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 69 6C 64 | leave the build| 00000860: 69 6E 67 2E 00 20 54 68 65 20 63 6C 65 72 6B 20 |ing.. The clerk | 00000870: 72 65 70 65 61 74 73 2C 20 22 54 68 65 73 65 20 |repeats, "These | 00000880: 61 72 65 20 61 6D 6F 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 |are among the ve| 00000890: 72 79 20 66 65 77 20 69 74 65 6D 73 20 77 65 20 |ry few items we | 000008A0: 63 61 72 72 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 65 6C 6C 20 |carry that sell | 000008B0: 66 6F 72 20 75 6E 64 65 72 20 24 31 30 30 30 2E |for under $1000.| 000008C0: 22 00 59 6F 75 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 20 79 6F 75 72 |".You count your| 000008D0: 20 6D 6F 6E 65 79 20 61 6E 64 20 72 65 61 6C 69 | money and reali| 000008E0: 7A 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 64 6F 6E 27 |ze that you don'| 000008F0: 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 65 6E 6F 75 67 68 21 20 59 |t have enough! Y| 00000900: 6F 75 20 64 65 63 69 64 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 |ou decide that t| 00000910: 68 69 73 20 69 73 6E 27 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 6C |his isn't the pl| 00000920: 61 63 65 20 66 6F 72 20 79 6F 75 2C 20 61 6E 64 |ace for you, and| 00000930: 20 6C 65 61 76 65 2E 00 20 54 68 65 20 63 6C 65 | leave.. The cle| 00000940: 72 6B 20 61 63 63 65 70 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 6D |rk accepts the m| 00000950: 6F 6E 65 79 2C 20 68 61 6E 64 73 20 79 6F 75 20 |oney, hands you | 00000960: 74 68 65 20 69 74 65 6D 20 61 6E 64 20 73 61 79 |the item and say| 00000970: 73 2C 20 22 43 65 72 74 61 69 6E 6C 79 2C 20 73 |s, "Certainly, s| 00000980: 69 72 2E 20 57 6F 75 6C 64 20 79 6F 75 20 63 61 |ir. Would you ca| 00000990: 72 65 20 74 6F 20 68 61 76 65 20 69 74 20 65 6E |re to have it en| 000009A0: 67 72 61 76 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 79 6F 75 72 |graved with your| 000009B0: 20 69 6E 69 74 69 61 6C 73 3F 20 54 68 65 20 73 | initials? The s| 000009C0: 65 72 76 69 63 65 20 69 73 20 66 72 65 65 20 6F |ervice is free o| 000009D0: 66 20 63 68 61 72 67 65 2E 22 00 20 59 6F 75 20 |f charge.". You | 000009E0: 74 61 6B 65 20 6F 75 74 20 73 6F 6D 65 20 6D 6F |take out some mo| 000009F0: 6E 65 79 20 61 6E 64 20 68 61 6E 64 20 69 74 20 |ney and hand it | 00000A00: 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 63 6C 65 72 6B 2C 20 73 61 |to the clerk, sa| 00000A10: 79 69 6E 67 2C 20 22 49 27 6C 6C 20 74 61 6B 65 |ying, "I'll take| 00000A20: 20 74 68 65 20 00 54 68 65 20 63 6C 65 72 6B 20 | the .The clerk | 00000A30: 73 61 79 73 2C 20 22 54 68 61 6E 6B 20 79 6F 75 |says, "Thank you| 00000A40: 2C 20 70 6C 65 61 73 65 20 63 6F 6D 65 20 61 67 |, please come ag| 00000A50: 61 69 6E 2E 22 20 59 6F 75 20 6C 65 61 76 65 2E |ain." You leave.| 00000A60: 00 54 68 65 20 63 6C 65 72 6B 20 64 69 72 65 63 |.The clerk direc| 00000A70: 74 73 20 79 6F 75 20 74 6F 20 61 20 64 6F 6F 72 |ts you to a door| 00000A80: 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 61 72 20 77 61 6C | in the rear wal| 00000A90: 6C 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 6F 70 2E 20 59 |l of the shop. Y| 00000AA0: 6F 75 20 77 61 6C 6B 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 68 2E |ou walk through.| 00000AB0: 00 49 66 20 79 6F 75 20 77 61 6E 74 20 74 68 65 |.If you want the| 00000AC0: 20 69 74 65 6D 20 65 6E 67 72 61 76 65 64 2C 20 | item engraved, | 00000AD0: 79 6F 75 20 73 68 6F 75 6C 64 20 73 61 79 2C 20 |you should say, | 00000AE0: 22 59 45 53 22 3B 20 69 66 20 79 6F 75 20 64 6F |"YES"; if you do| 00000AF0: 6E 27 74 2C 20 73 61 79 2C 20 22 4E 4F 22 2E 00 |n't, say, "NO"..| 00000B00: 59 6F 75 20 70 69 63 6B 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 |You pick up the | 00000B10: 73 74 69 63 6B 70 69 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 6C 6F 6F |stickpin and loo| 00000B20: 6B 20 61 74 20 69 74 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6C 6C |k at it carefull| 00000B30: 79 2C 20 77 68 69 6C 65 20 74 68 65 20 67 75 61 |y, while the gua| 00000B40: 72 64 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6C 6C 79 20 6C 6F 6F |rd carefully loo| 00000B50: 6B 73 20 61 74 20 79 6F 75 21 20 49 74 27 73 20 |ks at you! It's | 00000B60: 61 20 62 65 61 75 74 69 66 75 6C 20 6C 69 74 74 |a beautiful litt| 00000B70: 6C 65 20 6F 62 6A 65 63 74 2C 20 62 75 74 20 79 |le object, but y| 00000B80: 6F 75 20 66 69 6E 64 20 69 74 20 68 61 72 64 20 |ou find it hard | 00000B90: 74 6F 20 69 6D 61 67 69 6E 65 20 77 68 61 74 20 |to imagine what | 00000BA0: 79 6F 75 27 64 20 75 73 65 20 69 74 20 66 6F 72 |you'd use it for| 00000BB0: 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 70 75 74 20 69 74 20 62 61 63 |. You put it bac| 00000BC0: 6B 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 6C 76 65 74 20 |k on the velvet | 00000BD0: 70 6C 61 74 66 6F 72 6D 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 70 69 |platform..You pi| 00000BE0: 63 6B 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 6E 67 20 61 |ck up the ring a| 00000BF0: 6E 64 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 20 61 74 20 69 74 20 63 61 |nd look at it ca| 00000C00: 72 65 66 75 6C 6C 79 2C 20 77 68 69 6C 65 20 74 |refully, while t| 00000C10: 68 65 20 67 75 61 72 64 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6C |he guard careful| 00000C20: 6C 79 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 20 61 74 20 79 6F 75 21 |ly looks at you!| 00000C30: 20 59 6F 75 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 | You press on th| 00000C40: 65 20 74 75 72 71 75 6F 69 73 65 2C 20 61 20 6E |e turquoise, a n| 00000C50: 61 72 72 6F 77 20 62 65 61 6D 20 6F 66 20 77 68 |arrow beam of wh| 00000C60: 69 74 65 20 6C 69 67 68 74 20 73 68 6F 6F 74 73 |ite light shoots| 00000C70: 20 6F 75 74 2C 20 72 65 66 6C 65 63 74 69 6E 67 | out, reflecting| 00000C80: 20 6F 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 65 72 | off the counter| 00000C90: 74 6F 70 20 61 6E 64 20 6F 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 65 |top and onto the| 00000CA0: 20 63 6C 65 72 6B 27 73 20 73 75 69 74 2E 20 54 | clerk's suit. T| 00000CB0: 68 65 20 70 72 69 63 65 20 74 61 67 20 61 74 74 |he price tag att| 00000CC0: 61 63 68 65 64 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 6E |ached to the rin| 00000CD0: 67 20 73 61 79 73 20 22 24 36 39 35 2E 22 20 59 |g says "$695." Y| 00000CE0: 6F 75 20 70 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 6E 67 20 |ou put the ring | 00000CF0: 62 61 63 6B 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 6C 76 |back on the velv| 00000D00: 65 74 20 70 6C 61 74 66 6F 72 6D 2E 00 59 6F 75 |et platform..You| 00000D10: 20 70 69 63 6B 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 6C | pick up the cal| 00000D20: 63 75 6C 61 74 6F 72 20 61 6E 64 20 6C 6F 6F 6B |culator and look| 00000D30: 20 61 74 20 69 74 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6C 6C 79 | at it carefully| 00000D40: 2C 20 77 68 69 6C 65 20 74 68 65 20 67 75 61 72 |, while the guar| 00000D50: 64 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6C 6C 79 20 6C 6F 6F 6B |d carefully look| 00000D60: 73 20 61 74 20 79 6F 75 21 20 54 68 65 20 70 72 |s at you! The pr| 00000D70: 69 63 65 20 74 61 67 20 61 74 74 61 63 68 65 64 |ice tag attached| 00000D80: 20 73 61 79 73 2C 20 22 24 38 35 30 2E 22 20 59 | says, "$850." Y| 00000D90: 6F 75 20 70 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 6F 62 6A 65 63 |ou put the objec| 00000DA0: 74 20 62 61 63 6B 20 6F 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 |t back onto the | 00000DB0: 76 65 6C 76 65 74 20 70 6C 61 74 66 6F 72 6D 2E |velvet platform.| 00000DC0: 00 2E 22 00 54 68 65 20 63 6C 65 72 6B 20 72 65 |..".The clerk re| 00000DD0: 70 65 61 74 73 2C 20 22 4D 61 79 20 49 20 68 65 |peats, "May I he| 00000DE0: 6C 70 20 79 6F 75 20 73 69 72 3F 22 00 59 6F 75 |lp you sir?".You| 00000DF0: 20 72 65 61 6C 69 7A 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F | realize that yo| 00000E00: 75 20 61 72 65 20 61 6C 72 65 61 64 79 20 63 61 |u are already ca| 00000E10: 72 72 79 69 6E 67 20 6F 6E 65 20 61 6E 64 20 64 |rrying one and d| 00000E20: 6F 6E 27 74 20 6E 65 65 64 20 61 6E 6F 74 68 65 |on't need anothe| 00000E30: 72 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 72 65 6D 65 6D 62 65 72 20 |r..You remember | 00000E40: 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 6F 6E |that you have on| 00000E50: 65 20 73 74 6F 72 65 64 20 62 61 63 6B 20 69 6E |e stored back 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