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VersaillesCollegerummagingamongthestoresatasecond-hand
dealer'sdiscoveredasmallmahoganywriting-deskwhichtookhis
fancy because of its many drawers.
That's just what I want for Suzanne's birthday he thought.
M.Gerbois'meanswerelimitedand,anxiousashewastoplea sehis
daughter,hefeltithisdutytobeatthedealerdown.Heende dbypaying
sixty-fivefrancs.Ashewaswritingdownhisaddress,awell-groomed
andwell-dressedyoungman,whohadbeenhuntingthroughtheshop
in every direction, caught sight of the writing-desk and asked:
How much for this?
It's sold replied the dealer.
Oh… to this gentleman?
M.Gerboisbowedandfeelingallthehappierthatoneofhisf ellow-
menenviedhimhispurchaselefttheshop.Buthehadnottake nten
stepsinthestreetbeforetheyoungmancaughthimupandrai singhis
hatsaidvery politely:
Ibegathousandpardonssir….Iamgoingtoaskyouanindiscr eet
question… . Were you looking for this desk rather than anything else?
No.IwenttotheshoptoseeifIcouldfindacheapsetofscale sfor
my experiments.
Thereforeyou do not want it very particularly?
I want itthat's all.
Because it's old I suppose?
Because it's useful.
Inthatcasewouldyoumindexchangingitforanotherdeskqu iteas
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