"A ring with a stone set in it."
"Oh? you left it here."
"Yes, and you gave me five dollars on it."
"Did I? Then I gave you too much."
Sam was glad to hear this. Evidently the man, so he thought, did not understand the value of the ring, and would be glad to let him have it again. It was for his interest to let him think so.
"I guess you're right," he said. "The ring wasn't worth much, but my grandfather left it to me, and so I like it."
"You said it was your grandmother yesterday," remarked the pawnbroker, shrewdly.
"Did I? Well, it's all the same," said Sam, getting over the little difficulty. "I should like to have it again."
"Have you got the receipt?" asked the pawnbroker, to gain time.
"Yes, I've got it here."