tioned yet-They have not come to a price.\" Now the dealer's hand had become a personality. \"He is inspecting it-No price has been men. Kino held his breath, and the neighbors held their breath, and the whispering went back through the crowd. When the right hand came out of hiding, the forefinger touched the great pearl, rolled it on the black velvet thumb and forefin ger picked it up and brought it near to the dealer's eyes and twirled it in the air. And the fingers behind the desk curled into a fist. The coin stumbled over a knuckle and slipped silently into the dealer's lap.
But there was no sign, no movement, the face did not change, but the secret hand behind the desk missed in its precision. THE PEARL 49 took from it the soft and dirty piece of deerskin, and then he let the great pearl roll into the black velvet tray, and instantly his eyes went to the buyer's face.
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