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specimen valued, we were told, at £4,000. Its size, in 

 comparison to its value, seemed so insignificant that, feeling 

 it might so easily be lost or stolen, I was much relieved to 

 see it safely locked up again, and must have shown this in 

 my face, for the merchant and his employee evidently 

 noticed it, and, probably accustomed to handling pearls 

 of even greater value daily, were seemingly much amused 

 at my solicitude. 



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